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Silvina Arrossi

Researcher at National Scientific and Technical Research Council

Publications -  78
Citations -  1803

Silvina Arrossi is an academic researcher from National Scientific and Technical Research Council. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cervical cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 69 publications receiving 1536 citations. Previous affiliations of Silvina Arrossi include International Agency for Research on Cancer.

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Effect of self-collection of HPV DNA offered by community health workers at home visits on uptake of screening for cervical cancer (the EMA study): a population-based cluster-randomised trial

Silvina Arrossi, +8 more
- 01 Feb 2015 - 
TL;DR: Offering self-collection of samples for HPV testing by community health workers during home visits resulted in a four-fold increase in screening uptake, showing that this strategy is effective to improve cervical screening coverage.
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Incidence and mortalityof cervical cancer in Latin America

Silvina Arrossi, +2 more
- 01 Jan 2003 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, Cervical cancer incidence and mortality estimates for 2000 were presented for the 21 Latin American countries, using estimates from the statistical pack of the World Health Organization (WWHO).
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Determinants of womens participation in cervical cancer screening trial, Maharashtra, India

Bhagwan M. Nene, +9 more
- 01 Apr 2007 - 
TL;DR: Irrespective of the test being used, good participation levels for cervical cancer screening can be achieved in rural areas of developing countries by using appropriate strategies to deliver services.
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Incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in Latin America

Silvina Arrossi, +2 more
- 04 May 2003 - 
TL;DR: The main challenge for Latin America countries remains on how to organize effective screening programmes, and for this, a real and urgent commitment from public health services and decision-makers in the region is needed.
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Determinants of participation of women in a cervical cancer visual screening trial in rural south India

Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, +8 more
- 01 Jan 2003 - 
TL;DR: It is indicated that women accept screening with VIA by nurses and a moderate level of compliance with screening and treatment can be reached through appropriate service delivery systems including health education activities, personal invitations, clinics in proximity to the target women, and testing and treatment in the same session.