Cervical cancer screening in Brazilian Amazon Indigenous women: Towards the intensification of public policies for prevention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indigenous women are vulnerable to cervical cancer. Screening is a strategy to reduce the burden of the disease.

Objective

To evaluate the prevalence profile of cervical cancer screening cytological results in Brazilian indigenous women by age and frequency of tests compared to non-indigenous women.

Methods

A cross-sectional study evaluating the prevalences of screening test results in indigenous women assisted in the Brazilian Amazon from 2007 to 2019 (3,231 tests), compared to non-indigenous women (698,415 tests). The main outcome was the cytological result. Other variables were frequency, age groups, and population. The frequency was categorized as "1st test", the first test performed by the women in their lifetime, or "screening test," tests from women

SUBMITTER: Novais IR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10707695 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature