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Item Metadata only Acceptance of pap smear screening for cervical cancer among married women in urban area of Mandalay, Myanmar(Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2024) Nyi, Nyi Htay, 1992-; Chokchai Munsawaengsub; Sukhontha Sirismear screening for cervical cancer among the married women aged 30 to 65 years old in the urban area of Mandalay, Myanmar, by applying the third phase of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. Simple random sampling was used to select a total of 233 respondents.... The proportion of acceptance of Pap smear screening for the cervical cancer among the married women in previous three years was 15.9% and it was significantly associated with education, occupation, family income, family history of cervical cancer, knowledgePublication Open Access Promoting of cervical cancer screening behavior among women aged 30-60 years through women-peer leaders in Songphenong district, Suphanburi Province(2012) Natthaporn Wetwisit; Paranee Vatanasomboon; Lakkhana Termsirikulchai; Mahidol University. Faculty of Public HealthThis quasi-experimental research - the pretest-posttest design with nonequivalent group aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of promotion intervention of cervical cancer screening test through woman-peer leaders. Respondents were women aged 30-60.... Target women in the experimental group received promotion intervention of cervical cancer screening test, delivered by 15 trained woman-peer leaders. The trained leaders were assigned to persuade and educate target women for six weeks, using one-on-onePublication Open Access Determinants of cervical cancer screening among migrants in the Northern district of Yangon, Myanmar(2015) Chaw Su Nandar; Jiraporn Chompikul; Orapin Laosee; Mahidol University. ASEAN Institute for Health DevelopmentA cross-sectional study was designed to identify factors affecting cervical cancer screening of migrant women aged 30-49 years in the Northern district of Yangon. Multi-stage cluster sampling was used to ran- domly select 666 respondents. They were... screening. The prevalence of cervical cancer screening among migrants in the previous 3 year was 19.1%. Cervical cancer screening was found to be significantly associated with marital status, family history of cervical cancer, knowledge, affordabilityPublication Open Access Determinants of cervical cancer screening utilization among women aged 30-45 years in Blantyre district, Malawi(2015) Mary Sesu Chosamata; Seo Ah Hong; Sariyamon Tiraphat; Mahidol University. ASEAN Institute for Health Developmentat identifying determinants to utilization of cervical cancer screening services among women aged 30-45 years in Blantyre district, Malawi. A total of 257 selected women (134 urban and 123 rural) participated in the study and face to face interview... regression. Only 13.2% of the women had ever been screened for cervical cancer screening. The main reasons for not being screened among the respondents who were not screened yet included lack of interest (39.7%), lack of knowledge (33.5%) and no reasonPublication Metadata only Breast cancer detection rate, incidence, prevalence and interval cancer-related mammography screening times among thai women(2016-01-01) Nintita Sripaiboonkij; Bandit Thinkamrop; Supannee Promthet; Chalermdej Kannawat; Voranuj Tangcharoensathien; Tamnit Ansusing; Suthee Rattanamongkolgul; Khon Kaen University; Mahidol University; Srinakharinwirot UniversityBackground: A recent guideline by the American Cancer Society recommended that mammography (MMG) should be done for women starting in their mid-40s. In Thailand, information on opportunistic mammography screening is limited and data on the total... incidence of breast cancer ares also lacking. The purpose of this study was to estimate the breast cancer detection, incident and Prevalence rates among Thai women. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the opportunistic mammography screeningPublication Metadata only Breast and cervical cancer screening and associated factors among older adult women in South Africa(2014-01-01) Karl Peltzer; Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya; Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa; University of Limpopo; Mahidol University; Nelson Mandela Metro Universitygroup, greater wealth, having a health insurance, and suffering from two or more chronic condtions were associated with breast cancer screening. Conclusions: Cancer screening coverage remains low among elderly women in South Africa in spite... of the national guideline recommendations for regular screening in order to reduce the risk of dying from these cancers if not detected early. There is a need to improve accessibility and affordability of early cervical and breast cancer screening for all womenPublication Metadata only A comparison between short-interval and regular-interval follow-up for BI-RADS category 3 lesions(2010-02-01) S. Ruamsup; C. Wiratkapun; B. Wibulpolprasert; P. Lertsithichai; Mahidol Universitybreast cancer and stage of cancer are studied. Methods: Women who had BI-RADS 3 screen imaging studies (mammography and ultrasonography) conducted between the period January 2003 and December 2005 were retrospectively identified using the computerised... database at the Department of Radiology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Thailand. Women who had known breast cancer status at two years after screening were included in the study and divided into two groups: short-interval (six months after screening) or regularPublication Metadata only Determinants of cervical cancer screening adherence in urban areas of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand(2015-11-01) Sawitree Visanuyothin; Jiraporn Chompikul; Aroonsri Mongkolchati; Mahidol University; Maharat Nakhorn Ratchasima Hospitalto examine the factors associated with cervical cancer screening adherence. Stratified sampling with the proportional to size method was used to select registered women aged 30-60 years. Of the 700 self-administered questionnaires distributed during July... and September of 2012, 675 were returned, resulting in a response rate of 96.2%. Approximately 65.4% of the women were considered to be adherent to cervical cancer screening (i.e., maintainers) as defined by at least one screening within the recommended 5-yearPublication Open Access Prevalence estimation of three breast cancer screening methods among northeastern women in Thailand(2009) Sutthi Jareinpituk; Chukiat Viwatwongkasem; Surintorn Kalampakorn; Supannee Sriamporn Promthet; Pratana Satitvipawee; สุทธิ เจริญพิทักษ์; ชูเกียรติ วิวัฒน์วงศ์เกษม; สุรินธร กลัมพากร; ปรารถนา สถิตย์วิภาวี; Sutthi Jareinpituk; Mahidol university. Faculty of Public Health. Department of Epidemiology; Mahidol university. Faculty of Public Health. Department of Biostatistics; Mahidol university. Faculty of Public Health. Department of Public Health NursingThe aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of three breast cancer screening methods using weighted estimation, non-weighted estimation and the exact binomial method. Northeastern women aged 20 to 64 (n = 1,081) were randomly selected.... Except in rare cases, the prevalence (95% CI) of mammography screenings were computed by the exact binomial method: 0.03% (0.02-0.04) of women aged 40 and older had had a mammography and 0.003% (0.001-0.009) had mammography annually. SincePublication Metadata only The Prevalence and Associated Factors of Cancer Screening Uptake Among a National Population-Based Sample of Adults in Marshall Islands(2021-01-01) Supa Pengpid; Chao Zhang; Karl Peltzer; University of Limpopo; University of the Free State; Mahidol University; Tianjin Medical UniversityBackground: The study aimed to estimate the prevalence and associated factors of cancer screening among men and women in the general population in Marshall Islands. Methods: The national cross-sectional sub-study population consisted of 2...,813 persons aged 21-75 years (Median = 37.4 years) from the “2017/2018 Marshall Islands STEPS survey”. Information about cancer screening uptake included Pap smear or Vaginal Inspection with Acetic Acid (=VIA), clinical breast examination, mammography, faecal