Meeting the challenges of cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination in the UK

Westwood, R and Lavery, JV (2021) Meeting the challenges of cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination in the UK. Primary Health Care, 31 (5). ISSN 0264-5033

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Abstract

Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in women worldwide, despite being identified as one of the most preventable and successfully treatable forms of cancers. The majority of deaths could be avoided if women had regular cervical screening along with the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. Poor education, lack of resources, fear and embarrassment, along with cultural traditions, have been identified as challenges that prevent women from having the HPV vaccination and cervical screening. This report will provide an overview of cervical cancer, whilst acknowledging health disparities and the innovations used to tackle these health inequalities in the struggle to eradicate cervical cancer.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is the accepted version of an article published in Primary Health Care.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1110 Nursing
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics R Medicine > RT Nursing
Divisions:	Nursing and Advanced Practice
Publisher:	RCN Publishing (RCNi)
Date of acceptance:	19 May 2021
Date of first compliant Open Access:	29 October 2021
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2021 08:49
Last Modified:	29 Oct 2021 08:49
DOI or ID number:	10.7748/phc.2021.e1742
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15714

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