%0 Journal Article
%T Cobertura e fatores associados ¨¤ realiza£¿£¿o do exame de detec£¿£¿o do cancer de colo de ¨²tero em ¨¢rea urbana no Sul do Brasil: estudo de base populacional
%A Gasperin
%A Simone Iara
%A Boing
%A Antonio Fernando
%A Kupek
%A Emil
%J Cadernos de Sa¨²de P¨²blica
%D 2011
%I Escola Nacional de Sa¨²de P¨²blica, Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz
%R 10.1590/S0102-311X2011000700007
%X this study focused on coverage of screening for cervical cancer and associated factors in women 20 to 59 years of age in florian¨®polis, santa catarina state, brazil, in 2009. this was a cross-sectional study using cluster random sampling. two outcomes were examined: a history of at least one papanicolaou test and delaying the test (never performed or performed more than three years previously). among 952 women, 93% (95%ci: 91.5-94.7) had ever had a pap smear, whereas 14% (95%ci: 11.8-16.2) had delayed the test. according to poisson regression, both outcomes were associated with marital status, schooling, presence of chronic disease, and consulting a physician for other reasons. age, income, and hospitalization in the previous year were only associated with ever having a pap smear. although test coverage was high, much of the screening was opportunistic. in addition, various social, economic, and demographic disparities influenced the odds of being screened.
%K vaginal smears
%K uterine cervical neoplasms
%K health services coverage
%K mass screening.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-311X2011000700007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en