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A mobile breast screening project in Scotland: Lessons learned for national screening
Author(s) -
Haiart D. C.,
Henderson J.,
McKenzie L.,
Kirkpatrick A. E.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/hpm.4740050305
Subject(s) - breast screening , attendance , breast cancer screening , mammography , medicine , mammography screening , breast cancer , family medicine , geography , political science , cancer , law
In 1986, a project was undertaken to determine the feasibility and cost of screening for breast cancer, using single oblique view mammography. Screening was offered to women aged between 40 and 65, on an open access basis, to those living in rural areas near Edinburgh. This article reports on: the logistical difficulties encountered; the costs of mobile screening; a comparison of costs when screening from a static centre; and, identifies factors found to influence attendance rates. The lessons learned from the project were incorporated into the planning of the mobile van operating in the South‐East of Scotland Screening Programme, part of the National Breast Screening Programme; comparisons, where possible, have been included.