Factors associated with cervical cancer screening: results from cross-sectional surveys in Kenya and Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cervical cancer screening is an essential public health intervention, and critical to meeting the Global Strategy for Cervical Cancer Elimination goals - yet most women in low- and middle-income countries are never screened. There is a need to understand context-specific factors that facilitate or prevent women from engaging in screening.

Methods

This analysis leverages data collected in 2022-2023 from a national mobile phone-based survey in Kenya and from a household survey conducted in three districts of Malawi. Informed by the Health Belief Model, we assess whether women's reported cervical cancer screening history (ever or never screened) was associated with their perceived susceptibility (awareness of cervical cancer risk factors), perceived severity (knowing

SUBMITTER: Moucheraud C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12107903 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature