Profilaktyka dla ubogich. Przypadek profilaktyki raka szyjki macicy

• Authors: Antonina Ostrowska

Title variants

EN

Prevention for the poor. The case of gynecological prevention

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Poland belongs to European countries characterized by the highest mortality of women caused by cervical cancer – neoplasm that is fully curable if early enough detected. It happens so despite of several, broadly designed prevention actions addressed to women, encouraging them to participate in preventive screenings. All these actions particularly fail among women from lower social strata, especially living in poverty. The question is therefore, what are the main obstacles behind this behavior? What is the cause of their reluctance to prevention of the life threatening disease, even if it is not related to any expenses? The article tries to answer these questions looking for the answer among structural and socio-cultural variables influencing women’s approach to health and disease. Presented research results demonstrate problems of gynecological prevention among women threatened with social exclusion.

Keywords

PL

bieda; ekskluzja społeczna; profilaktyka; rak szyjki macicy; zdrowie kobiet

EN

cervical cancer; prevention; poverty; social exclusion; women’s health

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarządzanie
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 105–112

Dates

online

2012-05-15

Contributors

author

Antonina Ostrowska

• Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii PAN, Warszawa.

Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/20842627OZ.11.022.0559