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Avoiding piecemeal research on participation in cervical cancer screening : the advantages of a social identity framework

Tribe, Candice and Webb, Janine 2012, Avoiding piecemeal research on participation in cervical cancer screening : the advantages of a social identity framework, Health expectations, Early View, pp. 1-13.

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Title Avoiding piecemeal research on participation in cervical cancer screening : the advantages of a social identity framework
Author(s) Tribe, Candice
Webb, Janine
Journal name Health expectations
Season Early View
Start page 1
End page 13
Total pages 13
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of publication Oxford, England
Publication date 2012
ISSN 1369-6513
Keyword(s) cervical cancer screening
social justice
social identity
power
participation
Summary Background  Cervical cancer screening research has predominantly focused on one type of participation, namely compliance with medical recommendations, and has largely ignored other types of participation. While there is some research that has taken a different approach, findings in this research area are not well integrated under a theoretical framework.

Objective  The aim of this study is to show how consideration of a broader definition of participation and better integration of the theoretical conceptualization of participation in cervical cancer screening are both possible and desirable to enable a better understanding of women’s experiences of cervical cancer screening specifically and to improve women’s health generally.

Main Conclusion  It is suggested that alternative types of participation in cervical cancer screening warrant further investigation and that a social identity theoretical approach offers one way of integrating such conceptualizations of participation. The paper also argues for more explicit consideration of the role of social processes and of the variables, such as power, social identity and relational justice, which are involved in participation in cervical cancer screening.
Notes Article first published online 31 May 2012
Language eng
Field of Research 170113 Social and Community Psychology
Socio Economic Objective 920507 Women's Health
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Restricted until 2013-06-04
Copyright notice ©2012, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30045907

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: School of Psychology
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