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Addressing missed opportunities for cervical cancer screening in Nigeria : a nursing workforce approach
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Okolie, Elvis Anyaehiechukwu, Aluga, David, Anjorin, Seun S., Ike, Felicity Nneoma, Ani, Ekene Moses and Nwadike, Blessing Ifeoma (2022) Addressing missed opportunities for cervical cancer screening in Nigeria : a nursing workforce approach. ecancermedicalscience, 16 . 1373. doi:10.3332/ecancer.2022.1373
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2022.1373
Abstract
Cervical cancer is the commonest gynaecological cancer affecting women, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Despite the availability of evidence on multiple prevention pathways, including vaccination and screening, the cervical cancer burden continues to increase, especially in LMICs. This disease typifies health inequality as more than 85% of related morbidity and mortality occur among women of low socio-economic status residing in developing countries. In Nigeria, cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer morbidity and mortality. Sadly, Nigeria lacks a tailored cervical cancer control policy or population-based screening programme which is recommended. Consequently, existing screening services are opportunistic, sparsely distributed and have reached less than 9% of eligible Nigerian women. This article highlights the current status of cervical cancer screening in Nigeria, contextualises the role of female nurses and proffers novel approaches to address missed opportunities for screening by leveraging the nursing workforce.
| Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) R Medicine > RT Nursing |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Early detection -- Nigeria, Medical screening -- Nigeria, Women nurses -- Nigeria | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | ecancermedicalscience | ||||
| Publisher: | The European Institute of Oncology | ||||
| ISSN: | 1754-6605 | ||||
| Official Date: | 11 April 2022 | ||||
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| Volume: | 16 | ||||
| Article Number: | 1373 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.3332/ecancer.2022.1373 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | ** From PubMed via Jisc Publications Router ** History: received 18-01-2022. | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 15 November 2022 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 15 November 2022 |
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