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Inequalities in reported use of breast and cervical screening in Great Britain
— analysis of cross sectional survey data | | Author(s) | Kath Moser, Julietta Patnick, Valerie Beral |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 338, no 7709, 20 June 2009 |
| Pages | pp 1480-1484 |
| Source | www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Cancer ; Screening ; Economic status [elderly] ; Cross sectional surveys. |
| Annotation | The relation between women's reported use of breast and cervical screening and socio-demographic characteristics are investigated using data from 3185 women aged 40-74 interviewed in the National Statistics Omnibus Survey 2005-2007. 91% of the women aged 40-74 reported having had a cervical smear, and 93% aged 53-74 reported having had a mammogram; 3% had never had either breast or cervical screening. Women were significantly more likely to have had a mammogram if they lived in households with cars (compared with no car), and in owner occupied housing (compared with rented housing), but nos significant differences by ethnicity, education, occupation, or region were found. For cervical screening, ethnicity was the most important predictor; white British women were significantly more likely to have had a cervical smear than were women of other ethnicity. Uptake of cervical screening was greater among more educated women but was not significantly associated with cars, housing tenure, or region. Some inequalities exist in the reported use of screening, which differs by screening type; indicators of wealth were important for breast screening and ethnicity of cervical screening. The routine collection within general practice of additional sociodemographic information would aid monitoring of inequalities in screening coverage and inform policies to correct them. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090624505 A |
| Classmark | BD: CK: 3V: F:W: 3KB * |
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