Saturday 19 December 2009

Women's Perceptions & Experiences of Screening

Women's experiences at cervical screening
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7569870

Factors affecting attendance for a cervical smear test: a prospective study
http://www.cervicalcheck.ie/_fileupload/Publications/Factors%20affecting%20attendance%20at%20smear%20tests%20Sept%2003.pdf

Personal influencing factors associated with pap smear testing and cervical cancer

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18492942?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_SingleItemSupl.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed

Risk factors for cervical cancer development: what do women think?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16335302?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_SingleItemSupl.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed

Women's knowledge and experience of cervical screening: a failure of health education and medical organisation

http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/11/4/279

Screening for cervical cancer: a review of women's attitudes, knowledge and behaviour
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10024713?ordinalpos=1&itool=PPMCLayout.PPMCAppController.PPMCArticlePage.PPMCPubmedRA&linkpos=4

Uptake of cervical cancer screening in the Netherlands is mainly influenced by women's beliefs about the screening and by the inviting organisation

http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/17/2/178

Individualing a general medical discourse: women making sense of cervical cancer screening in the UK

http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/0/9/0/2/p109024_index.html

The impact of knowledge, perceived barriers and perceptions of risk on attendance for a routinue cervical smear

http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13625180600841827

Frequency of after-effects reported by women following a cervical smear test

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/cyt/2006/00000017/A00101s1/art00052?crawler=true

A survey of female nursing students' knowledge, health beliefs, perception of risk and risk behaviours regarding HPV and cervical cancer

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16460412?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_SingleItemSupl.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=3&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed

Factors influencing cancer screening practices of underserved women

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17970859?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_SingleItemSupl.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=5&log$=relatedreviews&logdbfrom=pubmed

Perceived cervical cancer risk among women undergoing colposcopy

http://louisville.edu/medschool/behavioraloncology/presentations/perceived-cervical-cancer-risk-among-women-undergoing-colposcopy.html

Psychological effects of a low-grade abnormal cervical smear test result: anxiety and associated factors

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2361408/

Women's understanding of abnormal cervical smear results: a qualitative interview study

http://www.jstor.org/pss/25174529

What do women think about abnormal smear test results? A qualitative interview study
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01443610400023155

Added 21 Dec 09
Women's experiences of cervical screening
http://www.healthtalkonline.org/cancer/cervical_screening/Topic/1161/

Added 21 Dec 09
Women's understanding of a "normal" smear test result - experimental questionnaire based study

http://www.jstor.org/pss/25466335

Added 21 Dec 09
Improving the quality and coverage of cervical screening - women's views

http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/17/3/277

Added 1 Jan 2010
Australian Women's needs and preferences for information about HPV in cervical screening
http://jms.rsmjournals.com/cgi/reprint/12/3/134.pdf

Added 1 Jan 2010
Women's experiences of gynaecological care
http://books.google.com/books?id=DcdwhbGfMsIC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=cervical+screening%2Bdistressed&source=bl&ots=LYBbvYEoRW&sig=iWwmZgzeukj8R_XKV6fWFbAvZQ8&hl=en&ei=HDE-S9DVB4L40wTC-qmSBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBgQ6AEwBDge#v=onepage&q=cervical%20screening%2Bdistressed&f=false

Added 1 Jan 2010
Article re: sexual abuse victims refusing smear tests (Australia)
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/15/1068674436780.html?from=storyrhs

Added 1 Jan 2010
Irish screening authority report on cervical screening and improving uptake
http://www.cervicalcheck.ie/_fileupload/File/Guide%20for%20Smeartakers_Jan_09/Chapter%206%20Womens%20Participation.pdf

Added 1 Jan 2010
Cognition and affect after cervical screening - the role of previous test outcomes and personal obligation in future uptake expectations

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBF-3VV412M-1T&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1151385872&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=a575cf9be845f8439f66624a99083257

Added 6 Jan 2010 Article on attempts to make positive smear results less worrying for women http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/cervical-screening-part-2-abnormal-smears-not-surprisingly-set-the-alarm-bells-ringing-about-cancer-but-screening-itself-is-to-blame-for-spreading-fear-1274918.html

Added Jan 16 2010 Women's experiences of abnormal cervical cytology - illness representations, care processes and outcomes
 http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/reprint/1/4/196.pdf

Added 13 Feb 2010 - The potential for feminist political practice to empower the underrepresented consumer: the case of cervical cancer screening services
http://www.springerlink.com/content/k024014063r24475/

Added 25 Feb 2010 - Feminist healthcare with out of the mainstream adolescent females http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01460860119440

Added 25 Feb 2010 - During cervical screening, women desired good communication and sensitivity from their doctor
http://ebn.bmj.com/content/2/3/92.extract

Added 25 Feb 2010 - women with learning disabilities and access to cervical screening - retrospective cohort study using case control methods
 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/8/30/

Added 25 Feb 2010 - breast and cervical screening for women with mental illness: patient and provider perspectives
http://www.springerlink.com/content/v8523361n8p44116/

Added 25 Feb 2010 - cervical screening: the knowledge and opinions of black and minority ethnic women and of health advocates in East London
http://hej.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/57/1/3

Added 25 Feb 2010 - Correlates of cervical cancer screening between underserved african american and hispanic women
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15313085

Added 25 Feb 2010 - breast and cervical cancer in indigenous women - barriers to early detection
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18345371?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_SingleItemSupl.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=4&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed

Added 25 Feb 2010 - marrying research, clinical practice and cervical screening in Australian aboriginal women
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19459723

Added 26 Feb 2010 - Influences on the uptake of reproductive health services in Uganda and implications for breast and cervical screening
http://www.reproductive-health-journal.com/content/4/1/4


Added 12 Mar 2010 - Women with learning disabilities and cervical screeninghttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11095229

Mar 2010 - Cervical cancer/Brazilian women in the Favelas
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rm3eQN-9yiQC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=pap+smear+forced&source=bl&ots=PXHfF3wgky&sig=qQwrdKQBevVUY8hpueoj7whOngo&hl=en&ei=uMGzS6SfJYKq4QaBs_iaAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCIQ6AEwBzhG#v=onepage&q=pap%20smear%20forced&f=false

Feb 2011 - Issues with New Zealand screening programme (study done without the participants' consent)
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ptb/mso/hid/hid2/mcdonald%20paper.pdf

December 2011 - The role of primary care professionals in women’s experiences of cervical cancer screening: a qualitative study
http://fampra.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/11/15/fampra.cmr105.full.pdf

and as the above link is only accessible to subscribers, a short BBC report on it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15780784