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Screening among South Asian women in U.K. city has increased, study finds.
2004 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recent data show more South Asian women in Manchester, England, are presenting for cervical cancer screening.
"Previous research indicates low screening uptake among South Asian women. We aimed to generate contemporary evidence of uptake by ethnicity using the screening records of eligible women resident in Manchester (n=72,613)," said R. Webb and colleagues, University of Manchester.
"Uptake among South Asians was lower than among other women, a difference explained by area- and practice-level confounding," the researchers said.
"A higher proportion of South Asians were recorded as 'never screened', an effect only partially explained by confounding. In practices with relatively large South Asian populations, uptake was higher among South Asians," Webb and coworkers reported.
"Women born in a diverse range of overseas countries had uptake rates below 60% and approximately a third of women born overseas were recorded as 'never screened'," they found.
The authors stated, "If comprehensive coverage is to be ...
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