In the post-test, screening intentions, knowledge about breast screening guidelines and intentions to conduct a self-breast exam (SBE) and schedule an appointment for a clinical breast exam (CBE) and mammogram as recommended by the breast cancer screening guidelines were measured.
The findings show that the women who had never screened and those who had screened had knowledge about the risk of cervical cancer among HIV infected women and appreciated the need to screen.
The thematic frame categorised the data into five themes: breast awareness and behaviour (including risks and benefits), breast screening knowledge and uptake, views about screening over 70 years (important factors influencing women's decisions) and views of the current system of self-referral.
Finally, further research is needed to explain the reluctance of eligible healthcare workers to go for screening despite knowledge about the problem and ready access to screening facilities.
We set out to assess attitudes about HCV screening and knowledge about HCV disease at several community-based testing sites that serve high-risk populations.
A study of men in Ghana also demonstrated low awareness about cervical cancer screening, inaccurate knowledge about risk factors and prevention, and stigmatization of cervical cancer diagnosis.
The primary outcome is informed choice about breast screening (adequate knowledge, and consistency between attitudes and intentions) assessed via telephone interview at 2 weeks postintervention.
In this pilot study, a computer-based, patient-directed decision aid increased patient interest in colorectal cancer screening and subjectively improved knowledge about screening options.
These findings were in the context of screening rates and knowledge about the Pap test being quite low in many South Asian and Middle Eastern countries.
The primary outcome measure was "informed choice," as described by Marteau et al. 16 We classified choices about colorectal cancer screening as "informed" and "uninformed," according to participants' knowledge about screening, their attitudes towards screening, and whether they had colorectal cancer screening.
