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Cervical Screening
Racial differences exist in attitudes towards cervical screening in HIV-positive women
February 2nd, 2006
A recent study showed that racial differences exist in attitudes towards cervical screening in HIV-positive women. Researchers in England conducted a study "to determine the characteristics of HIV-positive women who undergo cervical screening and to identify negative attitudes and experiences of these women to screening and the factors associated with these." "We compared the Royal Free Cohort data from 59 newly diagnosed HIV-infected women, 31 of whom did and 28 of whom did not attend for cervical screening in 2001, and from 227 women under active cervical screening follow-up (at least one cervical screen since June 2001) and 88 HIV-infected women...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-02)
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