Rémi Houpert, Marc-Karim Bendiane, Laetitia Huiart, Anne-Deborah Bouhnik, Caroline Alleaume, Rajae Touzani, Jacqueline Veronique-Baudin, Julien Mancini, Clarisse Joachim, Emmanuel Chirpaz
BACKGROUND: Réunion Island is a French overseas territory located in the southern Indian Ocean, with a challenging socioeconomic and multicultural context. Compared to mainland France, Réunion has an overincidence and overmortality of cervical cancer. In order to investigate these two issues, it is important to evaluate the barriers and potential levers to Pap smear screening among female inhabitants of the island. We aimed to identify the specific socio-demographic factors, cultural factors, and living conditions associated with Pap smear screening in Réunion, with a view to increasing uptake...
April 23, 2024: BMC Public Health