Barriers and facilitators to anal cancer screening among people living with HIV in Puerto Rico

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ID15366993
AutoresGabriela Cruz (0000-0002-5953-7502), Gabriela De la Cruz (0000-0002-6019-5853, University of South Florida), Jeslie M Ramos‐Cartagena (0000-0001-8024-1346), Jeslie M Ramos-Cartagena, José L Torres-Russe (University of Puerto Rico System), Vivian Colón‐López (0000-0002-0008-1539, University of Puerto Rico System), Karen J Ortiz-Ortiz, Karen J Ortiz‐Ortiz (0000-0002-0134-9947, University of Puerto Rico System), Luis Pericchi, Luis R Pericchi (0000-0002-7096-3596, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras), Ashish A Deshmukh (0000-0001-8936-8108, Medical University of South Carolina), Ana P Ortiz (0000-0003-1017-9473, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen23
Número1
Páginas1940-1940
Fecha de publicación2023-10-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
EditorialBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-023-16847-6
PMID37803344
OpenAlexW4387408947
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas35

With emerging evidence on the effectiveness of screening and treatment for anal cancer, several organizations are steering toward generating consensus-based anal cancer screening recommendations. Our study provides foundational data on barriers and facilitators to anal cancer screening in Puerto Rico that will be critical to informing screening implementation in this US territory

Anal cancer · Biostatistics · Cancer · Cervical cancer · Cervical cancer screening · Family medicine · Genital warts · Gynecology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Logistic regression · Men who have sex with men · Pap test · Public health · Syphilis · Test (biology · Cervical Cancer and HPV Research · Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas · Genital Health and Disease · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology · Internal Medicine