Factors associated with cervical cancer screening: results from cross-sectional surveys in Kenya and Malawi
These results suggest promising areas for interventions aiming to increase cervical cancer screening in these contexts: encouraging health workers to discuss screening with eligible women, leveraging women's peers who have been affected by cervical cancer, and promoting screening during other preventive health services.
Authors
- Ginger Golub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0669-4758)
- Risa M. Hoffman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9575-4574)
- Pericles Kalande (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3651-200X)
- Eric Ochieng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6084-1456)
- Khumbo Phiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9166-0749)
- Sam Phiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9372-212X)
- Corrina Moucheraud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7862-7928)
- Amos Makwaya
- Vitalis Ogutu
- Symon Chibaka
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of California System (US)
- Practical Action (KE)
- Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23143-y
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center