Demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women in Serbia
ObjectivesEffective reduction of cervical cancer incidence and mortality requires strategic measures encompassing the implementation of a cost-effective screening technology. Serbia has made significant strides, introducing organized cervical cancer screening in 2012. However, various impediments to...
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| author | Slavica Djordjevic Slavica Djordjevic Katarina Boricic Snezana Radovanovic Snezana Radovanovic Ivana Simic Vukomanovic Ivana Simic Vukomanovic Olgica Mihaljevic Verica Jovanovic |
| author_facet | Slavica Djordjevic Slavica Djordjevic Katarina Boricic Snezana Radovanovic Snezana Radovanovic Ivana Simic Vukomanovic Ivana Simic Vukomanovic Olgica Mihaljevic Verica Jovanovic |
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| description | ObjectivesEffective reduction of cervical cancer incidence and mortality requires strategic measures encompassing the implementation of a cost-effective screening technology. Serbia has made significant strides, introducing organized cervical cancer screening in 2012. However, various impediments to screening implementation persist. The aim of the study was to estimate the socioeconomic factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women in Serbia.MethodsData from 2019 National Health Survey of the population of Serbia were used in this study. The study is cross sectional survey on a representative sample of the population of Serbia. Present total number of participants analyzed in survey 6,747.ResultsIn Serbia, 67.2% of women have done a Pap test at any time during their lives, of which 46.1% of women have undergone cervical cancer screening in the past 3 years. About a quarter of women have never undergone a Pap test in their life (24.3%). The probability of never having a Pap test have: the youngest age group (15–24 years) is 1.3 times more likely than the oldest age group (OR = 1.31), unmarried women 0.3 times more often than married women (OR = 0.37), respondents with basic education 0.9 times more often than married women (OR = 0.98), the women of lower socioeconomic status 0.5 times more often than respondents of high socioeconomic status (OR = 0.56).ConclusionEnhancement of the existing CCS would be the appropriate public health approach to decrease the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in the Republic of Serbia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a380e5f61114c26b725c1ea1a7dbe822024-01-05T04:16:13ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652024-01-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.12753541275354Demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women in SerbiaSlavica Djordjevic0Slavica Djordjevic1Katarina Boricic2Snezana Radovanovic3Snezana Radovanovic4Ivana Simic Vukomanovic5Ivana Simic Vukomanovic6Olgica Mihaljevic7Verica Jovanovic8Department of the High School of Health, Academy of Applied Studies Belgrade, Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, SerbiaInstitute of Public Health of Serbia “Dr. Milan Jovanović Batut”, Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Social Medicine, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, SerbiaInstitute for Public Health, Kragujevac, SerbiaFaculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Social Medicine, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, SerbiaInstitute for Public Health, Kragujevac, SerbiaFaculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Pathophysiology, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, SerbiaInstitute of Public Health of Serbia “Dr. Milan Jovanović Batut”, Belgrade, SerbiaObjectivesEffective reduction of cervical cancer incidence and mortality requires strategic measures encompassing the implementation of a cost-effective screening technology. Serbia has made significant strides, introducing organized cervical cancer screening in 2012. However, various impediments to screening implementation persist. The aim of the study was to estimate the socioeconomic factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women in Serbia.MethodsData from 2019 National Health Survey of the population of Serbia were used in this study. The study is cross sectional survey on a representative sample of the population of Serbia. Present total number of participants analyzed in survey 6,747.ResultsIn Serbia, 67.2% of women have done a Pap test at any time during their lives, of which 46.1% of women have undergone cervical cancer screening in the past 3 years. About a quarter of women have never undergone a Pap test in their life (24.3%). The probability of never having a Pap test have: the youngest age group (15–24 years) is 1.3 times more likely than the oldest age group (OR = 1.31), unmarried women 0.3 times more often than married women (OR = 0.37), respondents with basic education 0.9 times more often than married women (OR = 0.98), the women of lower socioeconomic status 0.5 times more often than respondents of high socioeconomic status (OR = 0.56).ConclusionEnhancement of the existing CCS would be the appropriate public health approach to decrease the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in the Republic of Serbia.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1275354/fullsocioeconomic inequalitiesPap testNational Health SurveySerbiacancer screening |
| spellingShingle | Slavica Djordjevic Slavica Djordjevic Katarina Boricic Snezana Radovanovic Snezana Radovanovic Ivana Simic Vukomanovic Ivana Simic Vukomanovic Olgica Mihaljevic Verica Jovanovic Demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women in Serbia Frontiers in Public Health socioeconomic inequalities Pap test National Health Survey Serbia cancer screening |
| title | Demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women in Serbia |
| title_full | Demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women in Serbia |
| title_fullStr | Demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women in Serbia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women in Serbia |
| title_short | Demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women in Serbia |
| title_sort | demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women in serbia |
| topic | socioeconomic inequalities Pap test National Health Survey Serbia cancer screening |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1275354/full |
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