Screening mammography uptake within Australia and Scotland in rural and urban populations

Janni Leung; Catriona Macleod; Deirdre McLaughlin; Laura M. Woods; Robert Henderson; Angus Watson; Richard G. Kyle; Gill Hubbard; Russell Mullen; Iain Atherton

doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.06.014

Screening mammography uptake within Australia and Scotland in rural and urban populations

Janni Leung (Lead / Corresponding author), Catriona Macleod, Deirdre McLaughlin, Laura M. Woods, Robert Henderson, Angus Watson, Richard G. Kyle, Gill Hubbard, Russell Mullen, Iain Atherton

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Abstract

Objective. To test the hypothesis that rural populations had lower uptake of screening mammography thanurban populations in the Scottish and Australian setting.
Method. Scottish data are based upon information from the Scottish Breast Screening Programme Information System describing uptake among women residing within the NHS Highland Health Board area who were invitedto attend for screening during the 2008 to 2010 round (N = 27,416). Australian data were drawn from the 2010survey of the 1946–51 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (N = 9890 women).
Results. Contrary to our hypothesis, results indicated that women living in rural areas were not less likely toattend for screening mammography compared to women living in urban areas in both Scotland (OR for rural =1.17, 95% CI = 1.06–1.29) and Australia (OR for rural = 1.15, 95% CI = 1.01–1.31).
Conclusions. The absence of rural–urban differences in attendance at screening mammography demonstratesthat rurality is not necessarily an insurmountable barrier to screening mammography

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	559 - 562
Number of pages	4
Journal	Preventive Medicine Reports
Volume	2
Early online date	24 Jun 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.06.014
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Breast neoplasms
Early detection of cancer
Healthcare disparities
Rural health
Rural health services
Rural population
Scotland
Australia
Health services
Health services accessibility

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