Awareness, attendance, and attitudes toward cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive Chinese women in Yunnan province: a cross-sectional study
Although most HIV-positive women attending a large ART clinic in Yunnan were aware of cervical cancer screening, the up-to-date attendance was low. It is crucial to conduct health education and promotion through efficient channels to improve awareness and attendance. The discrepancy between awareness and attendance also emphasized the importance of adopting appropriate screening strategies and powerful health policies that can foster the attendance of cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive women. Efforts should be devoted to constructing a comprehensive healthcare system with high accessibility in China for cervical cancer prevention and management for HIV-positive women.
Authors
- Aihui Wu
- Jiawei Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5584-2462)
- Fanghui Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9294-0005)
- Yong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7575-7177)
- Liang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9139-5025)
- Hongyun Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9781-5078)
- Xuelian Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5712-677X)
- Rufei Duan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5669-0176)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Kunming Medical University (CN)
- National Cancer Center (US)
- Kunming Third People's Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Women s Health
- Published
- 2024-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-024-03478-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China