The investigators aim to test whether inviting immigrants to breast cancer screening with a letter in their mother tongue in addition to the standard letter in Norwegian changes screening uptake in these immigrant groups, compared with a comparable group who receive the invitation in Norwegian only,
Women in selected immigrant groups according to birth country will be invited to screening and randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive the screening invitation and information material 1) in the major official native language in the country the invitee is born in addition to Norwegian (intervention group), or 2) only Norwegian (control). The 13 selected countries of origin are Poland, the Philippines, Pakistan, Somalia and Arabic speaking countries (Iraq, Syria, Morocco, Lebanon, Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Sudan and Tunisia). The five intervention languages will thus be Polish, English, Urdu, Somali and Arabic.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
11,355
The screening invitation letter, the information leaflet, the reminder letter and the result letter will be sent in two languages; an official language in the country where the invitee is born, and Norwegian.
Oslo University Hospital, Cancer Registry
Oslo, Norway
Screening attendance
Attendance in breast cancer screening programme (yes/no)
Time frame: 0-6 months after sent screening invitation letter
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