Imperial College London
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Dr Gaby Judah

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Non-Clinical Lecturer in Behavioural Sciences
 
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing (QEQM)St Mary's Campus

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@article{Judah:2022:10.1186/s12885-022-09529-w,
author = {Judah, G and Faisal, D and Ara, D and Huf, S},
doi = {10.1186/s12885-022-09529-w},
journal = {BMC Cancer},
title = {A population survey on beliefs around cervical cancer screening: determining the barriers and facilitators associated with attendance},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-09529-w},
volume = {22},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background:Cervical screening saves approximately 5000 lives annually in England. However, screening rates have been falling continuously, and coverage in London is particularly low (64.7%). While demographic predictors of uptake have been well researched, there has been less thorough investigation of the individual barriers and facilitators which predict cervical screening attendance. Understanding modifiable factors influencing attendance can guide the design of effective interventions to increase cervical screening uptake. The aim of this study was to understand the demographic, and individual factors associated with self-reported attendance at cervical screening in London.Methods:The study used an online survey of 500 women in London (June-July 2017). The survey included self-reported measures of past attendance, demographic variables (including age, household income, ethnicity), past experience variables, and individual variables (list of potential barriers and facilitators developed based on the Theoretical Domains Framework and existing literature, which included: environmental context and resources, perceived risk, anticipated pain/embarrassment). Participants were categorised into regular attenders and non-regular attenders. Backwards stepwise logistic regression investigated the barriers and facilitators predicting past attendance. Demographic variables with significant differences between regular and non-regular attenders were added to the final regression model.Results:Of women who had previously been invited (n = 461, age range: 25–65), 34.5% (n = 159) were classified as non-regular attenders, and 65.5% (n = 302) as regular attenders. The individual barriers and facilitators predicting attendance were: cervical screening priority, memory, environmental context and resources, and intention. The only demographic variables related to regular attendance were relationship status (married/civil partnership havin
AU  - Judah,G
AU  - Faisal,D
AU  - Ara,D
AU  - Huf,S
DO  - 10.1186/s12885-022-09529-w
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 1471-2407
TI  - A population survey on beliefs around cervical cancer screening: determining the barriers and facilitators associated with attendance
T2  - BMC Cancer
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-09529-w
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/96991
VL  - 22
ER  -
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