WIC Hybrid Colloquium
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Anna Altová
Charles University, Prague
Cancer screening (non-)attendance: Determinants, barriers and motivations
Wednesday, 13 September
11:00 – 12:00 (CEST)
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The hybrid seminar will be held in person at
Dr. Ignaz Seipel – Platz 2, 1010 Vienna,
Museumszimmer (stair 1, 2nd floor)
and online via Zoom.
Please register here until 12 September 10:00 (CEST):
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/wic-colloquium/wic-colloquium-registration
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Abstract:
Population-based cancer screening has been shown to lower cancer mortality. Therefore, the European Union recommends implementing screening programmes in healthcare systems. The presented study investigates the complexity of cancer screening
attendance and non-attendance among Czech and European women using a mixed-methods approach. First, data from EHIS 2019 are used to estimate attendance rates in European countries and investigate educational inequalities in attendance. Second, data from health
insurance are used to have a closer look on attendance rates in Czechia. Third, data from representative questionnaire survey serve for finding reasons for non-attendance and whether they differ by socioeconomic and demographic variables. Lastly, semi-structured
interviews are used to get an even better understanding of the reasons for non-attendance. Having a better understanding of women who are non-attendees in screening could help the screening attendance and lower the cancer burden.
About the presenter:
Anna Altová is a PhD student in the Department of Demography and Geodemography, Faculty of Science, Charles University. She has a background in demography and social epidemiology and has always been interested in health and prevention.
In her PhD project, she focusses on screening attendance, especially among Czech women (breast and cervical screening). She is an EDSD 2019/20 alumna and also one of the organisers of the Young Demographers Conference.
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