Access to Aboriginal Community-Controlled Primary Health Organizations Can Explain Some of the Higher Pap Test Participation Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women in North Queensland, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community-Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) provides culturally appropriate primary care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. The population of North Queensland has a higher proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, a greater population coverage of ACCHOs, and higher cervical screening participation than the Rest of Queensland. The association between regional differences in the use of ACCHOs for cervical screening and variations in screening participation among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is currently unknown.

Methods

This is a population-based study of 1,107,233 women, aged 20-69 years who underwent cervical screening between 2013 and 2017. Of these women, 13

SUBMITTER: Dasgupta P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8355598 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature