Cochrane reviews about screening
Resource Bank part 3
Cochrane reviews
- Antenatal breast examination for promoting breastfeeding.
- Cancer genetic risk assessment for individuals at risk of familial breast cancer.
- Disclosing to parents newborn carrier status identified by routine blood spot screening.
- Home-based HIV voluntary counseling and testing in developing countries.
- Interventions targeted at women to encourage the uptake of cervical screening.
- Personalised risk communication for informed decision making about taking screening tests .
- Pre-conception and antenatal screening for the fragile site on the X-chromosome.
- Reminder stystems and late patient tracers in the diagnosis and management of tuberculosis.
- Strategies for increasing the participation of women in community breast cancer screening.
Protocols (accessible on The Cochrane Library)
- Interventions for improving understanding and minimising the psychological impact of screening.
- Interventions for improving uptake of population-based screening for colorectal cancer using fecal occult blood testing.
- Routine vs. voluntary HIV testing for increasing HIV testing rates.