Effect of an organised screening program on socioeconomic inequalities in mammography practice, knowledge and attitudes

Article Article scientifique Article Effect of an organised screening program on socioeconomic inequalities in mammography practice, knowledge and attitudes eng 2018 author Relecom Allan 584899 author Arzel Béatrice 134298 author Perneger Thomas 28462 95 10.1186/s12939-018-0811-3 29970090 1475-9276 https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-018-0811-3 Breast cancer stands as the leading cause of cancer related mortality in women worldwide. Mammography screening has the potential to improve prognosis by reducing stage at diagnosis. Socioeconomic inequalities in mammography cancer screening have been widely reported. The influence of organised programs on socioeconomic disparities regarding mammography screening is to date unclear. We aimed to investigate the impact of an organised regional screening program on socioeconomic inequalities in terms of the uptake, knowledge and attitudes towards mammography screening. Aged Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis Cross-Sectional Studies Early Detection of Cancer/statistics & numerical data Female Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health Promotion/organization & administration Humans Income Linear Models Mammography/statistics & numerical data Middle Aged Social Class Switzerland Dewey 610 3 Faculté de médecine 2 false 88 Epidémiologie clinique 115 International Journal for Equity in Health 17 1 0f50dd44-ecef-4256-b907-db7f59310e32 Article (Published version) Public Perneger_Int_J_EquityHealth_organised_screening_2018.pdf 663921 application/pdf openAccess Faculté de médecine

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