Understanding women's and men's perspectives on cervical cancer screening in Uganda: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cervical cancer remains a significant but preventable threat to women's health throughout much of the developing world, including Uganda. Cervical cancer screening and timely treatment of pre-cancerous lesions is a cost-effective means of mitigating cervical cancer morbidity and mortality. However, only 5% of women in Uganda have ever been screened. Barriers to screening, such as social stigma and access to safe conditions, have been previously identified, but insights into the role of male spouses in encouraging or discouraging screening have been limited. To our knowledge, no studies have compared barriers and facilitators among women who had or had not yet been screened and male partners of screened and unscreened women.

Methods

To resolve this gap, we conducte

SUBMITTER: Bouskill K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11293159 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature