“I felt myself getting sick:” women’s perceptions and understandings of a positive human papillomavirus test in Jujuy, Argentina
With the purpose of analyzing women’s perceptions and classifying their modes of understanding a positive human papillomavirus (HPV+) test, we conducted 38 in-depth interviews with women who had received an HPV diagnosis (normal and abnormal Pap smear), screened in Jujuy’s public health system in 20...
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| description | With the purpose of analyzing women’s perceptions and classifying their modes of understanding a positive human papillomavirus (HPV+) test, we conducted 38 in-depth interviews with women who had received an HPV diagnosis (normal and abnormal Pap smear), screened in Jujuy’s public health system in 2016. A typology based on women’s understandings of the result was developed: 1) understanding; 2) lack of understanding; a) underestimation; b) overestimation; c) confusion. The interviewees who experienced confusion over the results reported contradictory perceptions in relation to a positive HPV test and its severity; those who underestimated it tended to mention the absence of symptoms and expressed little concern over the result; while those who overestimated it considered themselves sick and described concern, narrating a biographical disruption and physical pain. These findings confirm the need to improve the delivery of results and the provision of information in order to decrease psychosocial impact and increase follow-up adherence in HPV-positive women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d9f0891701c43fd9d3d72354ce2e2282022-12-21T21:04:31ZengInstituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de LanúsSalud Colectiva1669-23811851-82652021-08-0117e357210.18294/sc.2021.3572“I felt myself getting sick:” women’s perceptions and understandings of a positive human papillomavirus test in Jujuy, ArgentinaLucila Szwarc0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4742-7696Victoria Sánchez Antelo1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4892-0394Melisa Paolino2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8649-1570Silvina Arrossi3Centro de Estudios de Estado y SociedadCentro de Estudios de Estado y SociedadCentro de Estudios de Estado y SociedadCentro de Estudios de Estado y SociedadWith the purpose of analyzing women’s perceptions and classifying their modes of understanding a positive human papillomavirus (HPV+) test, we conducted 38 in-depth interviews with women who had received an HPV diagnosis (normal and abnormal Pap smear), screened in Jujuy’s public health system in 2016. A typology based on women’s understandings of the result was developed: 1) understanding; 2) lack of understanding; a) underestimation; b) overestimation; c) confusion. The interviewees who experienced confusion over the results reported contradictory perceptions in relation to a positive HPV test and its severity; those who underestimated it tended to mention the absence of symptoms and expressed little concern over the result; while those who overestimated it considered themselves sick and described concern, narrating a biographical disruption and physical pain. These findings confirm the need to improve the delivery of results and the provision of information in order to decrease psychosocial impact and increase follow-up adherence in HPV-positive women.http://revistas.unla.edu.ar/saludcolectiva/article/view/3572Human PapillomavirusPreventive Health ServicesCommunication BarriersDiagnosisCervix UteriArgentina |
| spellingShingle | Lucila Szwarc Victoria Sánchez Antelo Melisa Paolino Silvina Arrossi “I felt myself getting sick:” women’s perceptions and understandings of a positive human papillomavirus test in Jujuy, Argentina Salud Colectiva Human Papillomavirus Preventive Health Services Communication Barriers Diagnosis Cervix Uteri Argentina |
| title | “I felt myself getting sick:” women’s perceptions and understandings of a positive human papillomavirus test in Jujuy, Argentina |
| title_full | “I felt myself getting sick:” women’s perceptions and understandings of a positive human papillomavirus test in Jujuy, Argentina |
| title_fullStr | “I felt myself getting sick:” women’s perceptions and understandings of a positive human papillomavirus test in Jujuy, Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | “I felt myself getting sick:” women’s perceptions and understandings of a positive human papillomavirus test in Jujuy, Argentina |
| title_short | “I felt myself getting sick:” women’s perceptions and understandings of a positive human papillomavirus test in Jujuy, Argentina |
| title_sort | i felt myself getting sick women s perceptions and understandings of a positive human papillomavirus test in jujuy argentina |
| topic | Human Papillomavirus Preventive Health Services Communication Barriers Diagnosis Cervix Uteri Argentina |
| url | http://revistas.unla.edu.ar/saludcolectiva/article/view/3572 |
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