Introduction: Globally approximately 570,000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer during the year 2018 making the condition the fourth most common cancer in women. Studies indicate that migrant women are screened for cervical cancer to a lower extent than nonmigrant women, which is a problem that requires attention. Aim: The aim of the present study was to describe migrants' experiences of cervical cancer screening. The aim was specified with two questions: What do migrant women experience as hindering regarding screening for cervical cancer? What do migrant women experience as facilitating regarding screening for cervical cancer? Method: A descriptive design with a literature review was used, twelve scientific qualitative articles were reviewed and analysed. Results: The four main themes were: barriers related to the healthcare system, sociocultural barriers, barrier at the individual level, and factors that promote participation in cervical cancer screening. The results showed that the main barriers were insufficient knowledge, language barriers and cultural barriers. Facilitating factors included cultural adaption and increased dissemination of information. Conclusion: In order to also suit immigrant women development of the screening programmes in the countries included in the bachelor thesis (Sweden, Norway, Finland, USA and Canada) is needed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-465167 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Marsenic, Jovana, Jansson Carling, Frida |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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