Effect of invitation letter in language of origin on screening attendance: randomised controlled trial in BreastScreen Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore attendance at organised mammographic screening among immigrant groups that received an invitation letter and information leaflet (invitation) in their language of origin and Norwegian compared with Norwegian only.

Design

Randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Population based screening programme for breast cancer in Norway (BreastScreen Norway), which invites women aged 50-69 to two-view mammographic screening biennially.

Participants

All women invited to BreastScreen Norway in the study period April 2021 to June 2022 whose language of origin was Arabic (women born in Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, or Morocco), English (women born in the Philippines), Polish (women born in Poland), Somali (women born in Somal

SUBMITTER: Hofvind S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10507477 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature