A global scoping review of interventions to increase participation in screening programmes for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer between 2016 and 2025
Eustes Kigongo, Carmel Heaney, Louise McBride, Gabriela Gliga, Richéal M. Burns · 2026
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Eustes Kigongo and four colleagues review world efforts to lift participation in screening for breast, cervical, and bowel cancers in a 2026 scoping study. Uptake stays uneven despite screening's power to catch cancer early. One hundred ten studies from 2016 to 2025 were sorted with two standard frameworks, one for barriers and supports, one for real-world performance. Ten kinds of intervention emerged.
Education, reminders, self-sampling, outreach, peer counselling, and media campaigns all featured. Combined packages of several tactics showed the greatest impact overall. Most trials, though, ran in tightly controlled settings, limiting how well results carry to daily practice. Gaps in cultural fit stood out plainly. The authors call for practical, culturally tuned, multi-part studies with longer follow-up.
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| CREATOR | Eustes Kigongo, Carmel Heaney, Louise McBride, Gabriela Gliga, Richéal M. Burns |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45045 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |