IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

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Implications for Public Health Programs and Future Research: A Review of Cervical Cancer Screening Intervention Research

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Dr Nitin Kumar Rastogi

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We evaluate the existing literature on cervical cancer screening intervention studies in this article. When various media are utilized, when particular screening programs are promoted that remove or decrease access obstacles, or when they are used in conjunction with other measures, mass media campaigns seem to perform best in encouraging cervical cancer screening. Many good instances of employing outreach workers to encourage cervical cancer screening as well as using community-based mobile examination rooms were discovered. There is significant evidence that letters sent to patient groups are effective, particularly in encouraging interval screening; nevertheless, mass mailings to nonpatient populations have usually failed. Both physician and patient cues, as well as opportunistic checks, have proven promise in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Telephone follow-up, educational mailouts, multimedia programs, clinic-based educational lectures and seminars, transportation incentives, and economic vouchers were all suggested as methods for decreasing loss to follow-up among women with abnormal test findings. The effectiveness of other nations in creating centralized recall systems to encourage cervical cancer interval screening is particularly noteworthy. In the long run, such systems may be able to eliminate the need for opportunistic screening in disadvantaged groups, as well as many community engagement activities. Health departments, it is claimed, are a natural starting point for establishing a network of recall systems for disadvantaged women in the United States.

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