What are the barriers towards cervical cancer screening for vulnerable women? A qualitative comparative analysis of stakeholder perspectives in seven European countries

Autores da FMUP
Participantes de fora da FMUP
- Boje, Rikke Buus
- Bardou, Marc
- Mensah, Keitly
- Berrocal, Raquel Rico
- Rossi, Paolo Giorgi
- Bonvicini, Laura
- Auzzi, Noemi
- Taut, Diana
- Jiboc, Nicoleta
- Tisler, Anna
- Reintamm, Kerli
- Uuskula, Anneli
- Teixeira, Margarida
- Firmino-Machado, Joao
- Amorim, Mariana
- Baia, Ines
- Michaylova, Raya
- Panayotova, Yulia
- Kotzeva, Tatyana
- Andersen, Berit
- Kirkegaard, Pia
- CBIG-SCREEN Consortium
Unidades de investigação
Abstract
Objectives The aim of this study was to map and compare stakeholders' perceptions of barriers towards cervical cancer screening for vulnerable women in seven European countries.Design In Collaborative User Boards, stakeholders were invited to participate to identify barriers towards participation in cervical cancer screening.Setting The study is nested in the European Union-funded project CBIG-SCREEN which aims to tackle inequity in cervical cancer screening for vulnerable women (www.cbig-screen.eu). Data collection took place in Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Italy, Portugal and Romania.Participants Participants represented micro-level stakeholders covering representatives of users, that is, vulnerable women, meso-level stakeholders covering healthcare professionals and social workers, and macro-level stakeholders covering programme managers and decision-makers.Methods Across the seven countries, 25 meetings in Collaborative User Boards with a duration of 2 hours took place between October 2021 and June 2022. The meetings were video recorded or audio recorded, transcribed and translated into English for a qualitative framework analysis.Results 120 participants took part in the Collaborative User Boards. Context-specific barriers were related to different healthcare systems and characteristics of vulnerable populations. In Romania and Bulgaria, the lack of a continuous screening effort and lack of ways to identify eligible women were identified as barriers for all women rather than being specific for women in vulnerable situations. The participants in Denmark, Estonia, France, Italy and Portugal identified providers' lack of cultural and social sensitivity towards vulnerable women as barriers. In all countries, vulnerable women's fear, shame and lack of priority to preventive healthcare were identified as psychological barriers.Conclusion The study provides an overview of stakeholders' perceived barriers towards vulnerable women's cervical cancer screening participation in seven European countries. The organisation of healthcare systems and the maturity of screening programmes differ between countries, while vulnerable women's psychological barriers had several similarities.
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- 2044-6055, 2044-6055
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Keywords
- Gynaecological oncology; Health Equity; Health Services Accessibility; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
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Boje RB,Bardou M,Mensah K,Berrocal RR,Rossi PG,Bonvicini L,Auzzi N,Taut D,Jiboc N,Tisler A,Reintamm K,Uuskula A,Teixeira M,Firmino J,Amorim M,Baia I,Lunet N,Michaylova R,Panayotova Y,Kotzeva T,Andersen B,Kirkegaard P,CBIG C. What are the barriers towards cervical cancer screening for vulnerable women? A qualitative comparative analysis of stakeholder perspectives in seven European countries. BMJ Open. 2024. 14. (5):e079921. IF:2,900. (2).