Interventions to enhance cancer screening : A brief review of what works and what is on the horizon
✍ Scribed by Barbara K. Rimer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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✦ Synopsis
Although major advances have been made in the proportion of women who have been screened for breast and cervical cancer, there are still large numbers of women who are not being screened on schedule. This article includes a very selective review of types of interventions that have been used to increase cancer screening. These include the following kinds of interventions: mass media, patientdirected, provider-and system-directed, access-enhancing, community-directed, policy level, and multilevel interventions. Several different kinds of interventions have been used to increase cancer screening. The most extensive research has been conducted in the areas of breast and cervical cancer screening. Some relatively simple and inexpensive interven-