Thom Bongaerts

57 Determinants of (non)attendance at the Dutch CSPs Reference Study design Number of participants (n) Participants, collection period, region Characteristics Outcomes I-Change model (Visser, van Peppen et al. 2005) Ref: 33 Retrospective observational cohort study 824,916 Women, age 50-75 between 1995 and December 2002. North Holland & Flevoland. Data on invited and/ or screened women in a second or subsequent round. As of 1998 women aged 70-75 were also invited within this screening programme. Before 1998 age boundaries were 50-70. Age Area of residence Country of birth Overall attendance: 76% Residents of Amsterdam: 68% Attendance rate per country of birth: Netherlands 79% Suriname 59% Turkey 44% Morocco 37% Women born in nonWestern countries attend breast cancer screening less frequently, but also have a low detection rate. This justifies a passive attitude towards the low attendance. Predisposing factors 2

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