Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of cervical Cancer screening among HIV-positive and HIV-negative women participating in human papillomavirus screening in rural Zimbabwe.
Megan Burke FitzpatrickMythili P PathipatiKathy McCartyAnat RosenthalDavid KatzensteinZ M ChirenjeBenjamin PinskyPublished in: BMC women's health (2020)
Most women in rural Zimbabwe have heard of cervical cancer, but the number that had been screened was low. Extending existing outreach services to include cervical cancer screening, potentially including HPV screening, should include cervical cancer/HPV education and screening triage. This approach would serve to bridge the gap between knowledge and screening availability to address some of the barriers to cervical cancer care still affecting women in many regions of the world.
Keyphrases
- cervical cancer screening
- hiv positive
- healthcare
- south africa
- men who have sex with men
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv testing
- primary care
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected
- emergency department
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- mental health
- hepatitis c virus
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- quality improvement