Menée aux Etats-Unis à partir des données d'une enquête réalisée en 2020 auprès de 3 765 adultes, cette étude analyse l'association entre l'idéologie politique et le soutien ou l'opposition aux actions de lutte antitabac

Political Ideology and the Support or Opposition to United States Tobacco Control Policies

Shete, Sahil S. ; Yu, Robert ; Shete, Sanjay

Recently, political attitudes toward health care policies in the US have grown more divided between liberals and conservatives.1 Such political division has affected the public’s attitudes and acceptance of health initiatives,2 which the tobacco industry could potentially exploit in its efforts to weaken tobacco control policies. Healthy People 20203 provides a framework for tobacco control, with initiatives such as limiting access to tobacco products, reducing tobacco advertising, and [...]

Menée à l'aide d'une simulation, cette étude analyse l'effet de la vaccination contre le papillomavirus humain sur l'incidence du cancer du col de l'utérus en fonction du niveau de pauvreté des comtés américains et jusqu'en 2070

Reducing Poverty-Related Disparities in Cervical Cancer: The Role of HPV Vaccination

Spencer, Jennifer C. ; Brewer, Noel T. ; Coyne-Beasley, Tamera ; Trogdon, Justin G. ; Weinberger, Morris ; Wheeler, Stephanie B.

Background: Near elimination of cervical cancer in the United States is possible in coming decades, yet inequities will delay this achievement for some populations. We sought to explore the effects of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on disparities in cervical cancer incidence between high- and low-poverty U.S. counties. Methods: We calibrated a dynamic simulation model of HPV infection to reflect average counties in the highest and lowest quartile of poverty (percent of population below [...]

Cette étude fait le point sur le risque de cancer du col de l'utérus chez les femmes infectées par le VIH, puis résume les mesures de prévention à mettre en place

Cervical cancer prevention and control in women living with human immunodeficiency virus

Castle, Philip E. ; Einstein, Mark H. ; Sahasrabuddhe, Vikrant V.

Despite being highly preventable, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer and cause of cancer death in women globally. In low-income countries, cervical cancer is often the leading cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality. Women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are at a particularly high risk of cervical cancer because of an impaired immune response to human papillomavirus, the obligate cause of virtually all cervical cancers. [...]