What about the role of screening practices?
Because of the widely recognized benefits of screening for cervical cancer, there is considerable enthusiasm for anal cancer screening in high-risk populations such as HIV-infected MSM, however, little is known about current implementation of such screening practices across jurisdictions.
There is a need for more research into methods of screening and the effect of experience and followup booster sessions on actual implementation of screening and intervention in routine practice.
A review identified several barriers to implementation of screening and BI for alcohol problems in general practice, such as lack of time, resources, and training.
Understanding current obstetric CMV testing practices is important for identifying baseline testing practices, and, in the future, for monitoring implementation of screening and prevention programs as recommendations evolve.
Parents of young children and clinicians at four urban pediatric practices participated in focus groups prior to implementation of screening.
Clinical practice guidelines can facilitate these survivors' access to optimal treatment of late effects that may improve health and quality of survival; however, surveillance recommendations vary among the existing long-term follow-up guidelines, which impedes the implementation of screening.
In the absence of implementation of screening tools, the potential benefits of advice regarding at-risk alcohol consumption are unlikely to be realised in the general practice setting.
With the widespread implementation of screening mammography programs and subsequently the increased number of biopsies performed, continued assessment for safety and accuracy of all biopsy techniques in practice today is of great importance.
Participating staff in practices will be surveyed before and after training in each condition of the study to assess attitudinal factors and factors influencing implementation of screening and brief intervention procedures.
