Rural-urban variations in cervical cancer screening uptake among women in Ghana: Evidence from the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey
There are rural-urban variations in cervical cancer screening uptake among women in Ghana, in terms of prevalence [with urban women (6.3%) having slightly higher screening uptake than rural women (3.0%)] and determinants. Context-specific interventions aimed at improving cervical cancer screening uptake among women should focus on addressing rural-urban disparities in screening uptake and ensure possible scale-up of cervical cancer screening services, especially for the most vulnerable women.
Authors
- Daniel Boateng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7568-7298)
- George Appiah
- Francis Appiah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1465-5211)
- Gertrude Acquah-Hagan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5441-6712)
- Kingsley Boakye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5243-1855)
- Antoinette Ama Aidoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4362-5455)
- Rosemond Serwaa Appiah
- Bhavana Singh
Institutions
- Lingnan University (HK)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- Cal Humanities (US)
- Holy Family Hospital (GH)
- Ghana Health Service (GH)
- Berekum College of Education
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Women s Health
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03802-3
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.19