Competing needs: a qualitative study of cervical cancer screening attendance among HPV-positive women in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to understand causes of attendance and non-attendance to a follow-up cervical cancer screening among human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive women.

Design

Semistructured, individual interviews with HPV-positive women and cervical cancer screening nurses. The interview guide and initial data analysis were guided by existing health behaviour theories. However, as the theories limited the potential of the data material, a grounded theory framework guided the final data analysis.

Setting

Interviews were conducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, at Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) or in the homes of screening clients.

Participants

15 interviews were conducted with women who had tested HPV-positive during a patient-initiated screening a

SUBMITTER: Linde DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398757 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature