Under-screened Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's perspectives on cervical screening.

ABSTRACT: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have lower participation in Australia's National Cervical Screening Program than other Australian women. Under-screened (including never screened) women's voices are rarely heard in research evidence, despite being a priority group for interventions to increase cervical screening participation. This study aimed to describe under-screened Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's perspectives on cervical screening. Participants were 29 under-screened (women who had either never screened, had not screened in the previous five years or had recently screened in the past three months after more than five years) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women from five communities across three states/territories. Female Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isl

SUBMITTER: Butler TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9432770 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature