Black US women share their experiences with follow-up after abnormal cervical cancer screening.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Black women have both high screening and high cancer rates, indicating a lack of appropriate follow-up after an abnormal screening. Our mixed methods study explores the experiences of Black women who had abnormal cervical cancer screening results in Michigan.

Study design

Sequential mixed-method study design.

Methods

We identified a random group of 72 Black women with recent abnormal screening results requiring colposcopy follow-up from the aggregated local healthcare systems and invited them to participate. We designed a quantitative survey based on validated national health survey modules and a qualitative interview structured on the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF), which was analyzed using Applied Thematic Analysis (ATA). We calculated each person's

SUBMITTER: Washington A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12519130 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature