Jennifer Davidson, Dimitar Karadzhov, Hilllary Collins, Aaron Brown
Complexities of protecting children from violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: Providers' and policymakers' best practices, innovations and challenges in 12 countries
Child abuse & neglect
cervical cancer common disease effectively timely detected cervical cancer screening however access cervical cancer screening unequal known migrant women lower attendance cervical cancer screening inequalities associated several factors including attitudes beliefs women regarding screening practices prevents participating study aims explore attitudinal barriers cervical cancer screening among migrant women portugal webbased crosssectional survey conducted 1100 migrant women residing portugal women recruited social media platforms survey included items socioeconomic characteristics cervical cancer screening history 11item attitudinal questionnaire assess attitudinal barriers logistic regression models used statistical analysis attitudinal barriers ccs often reported participants fear test result 253 worry seeing male health professional 238 perceiving test painful 231 embarrassment 185 difficulties scheduling test 143 negative experience screening 124 low perceived need absence symptoms lack motivation screened reported less 5 women however results suggest attitudinal barriers higher agreement percentage association cervical cancer screening attendance among attitudinal barriers low perceived need screening lack motivation associated ccs nonattendance based findings factors analyzed low perceived need screening lack motivation relevant factors associated nonattendance among migrants portugal promoting health literacy empowering women knowledge benefits screening may help overcoming barriers therefore study provides foundation stakeholders areas prioritized developing strategies aiming reduced cervical cancer screening nonattendance among migrant women