Cervical cancer (over-)screening in Europe: Balancing organised and opportunistic programmes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Cervical cancer (CC) over-screening has been understudied in Europe, yet is relevant for approaching inequalities in screening uptake. Focusing on countries' screening strategies (opportunistic systems versus organised programmes), we assess in which contexts CC over-screening is more prevalent, and which women are more likely to have engaged in cervical cancer screening (CCS) within the past year.

Methods

A two-level (multilevel) design among screening women (N = 80,761) nested in 31 European countries was used to analyse data from the second wave (2013-2015) of the European Health Interview Survey. We focused on over-screening, defined as screening more frequently than the three-yearly screening interval prescribed in the European guidelines - that is, having s

SUBMITTER: De Prez V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11796292 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature