Using community engagement to inform and implement a community-randomized controlled trial in the anishinaabek cervical cancer screening study.

ABSTRACT: Social, political, and economic factors are directly and indirectly associated with the quality and distribution of health resources across Canada. First Nations (FN) women in particular, endure a disproportionate burden of ill health in contrast to the mainstream population. The complex relationship of health, social, and historical determinants are inherent to increased cervical cancer in FN women. This can be traced back to the colonial oppression suffered by Canadian FN and the social inequalities they have since faced. Screening - the Papinacolaou (Pap) test - and early immunization have rendered cervical cancer almost entirely preventable but despite these options, FN women endure notably higher rates of diagnosis and mortality due to cervical cancer. The Anishinaabek Cervical Cancer

SUBMITTER: Wood B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3928568 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature