Medical Screening - Book Report/Review Example

There is interesting that the absolute majority of articles received through PubMed and Ovid systems were published in the UK. It seems that our country is a world leader in the investigations related to the problem but by the data obtained by British authors (Pearson et al., 1998) only 25% of women with learning disabilities have cervical screening. Nevertheless factors influencing on poor coverage of older women with intellectual disability living in community group homes (Davies & Duff, 2001).

If women with intellectual disability have increased risk of developing breast cancer due to frequent nulliparity and longetivity than women with learning disabilities frequently have similar social pattern. Consequently other factors determine the rate of involvement into the screening programs.There is well known that low level of education related to the lower rate of health (Siahpush & Singh, 2002). Women with learning disabilities have poor motivation for active participating in mass screening.

They do not understand completely the role of preventive medical examinations for health preserving. In the research conducted by Biswas et al. (1999) there was demonstrated that cervical screening uptake for women with learning disability was low and remained low after a supportive intervention designed to increase uptake. Authors confirmed the greater acceptability of breast screening in women with moderate to severe learning disability compared to cervical screening.. #3Related Articles for PubMed (Select 9641949)14:48:5098Similar results were gained through Ovid system:1mass screening.mp. [mp=ti, ab, tx, ct]2539 2learning disability.mp. [mp=ti, ab, tx, ct]4936 3females.mp. [mp=ti, ab, tx, ct]130738 41 and 2 and 31 There is interesting that the absolute majority of articles received through PubMed and Ovid systems were published in the UK.

It seems that our country is a world leader in the investigations related to the problem but by the data obtained by British authors (Pearson et al., 1998) only 25% of women with learning disabilities have cervical screening. Nevertheless factors influencing on poor coverage of older women with intellectual disability living in community group homes (Davies & Duff, 2001). If women with intellectual disability have increased risk of developing breast cancer due to frequent nulliparity and longetivity than women with learning disabilities frequently have similar social pattern.

Consequently other factors determine the rate of involvement into the screening programs.There is well known that low level of education related to the lower rate of health (Siahpush & Singh, 2002). Women with learning disabilities have poor motivation for active participating in mass screening. They do not understand completely the role of preventive medical examinations for health preserving. In the research conducted by Biswas et al. (1999) there was demonstrated that cervical screening uptake for women with learning disability was low and remained low after a supportive intervention designed to increase uptake.

Authors confirmed the greater acceptability of breast screening in women with moderate to severe learning disability compared to cervical screening.Previous publications contain