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(2025) Screening attendance of breast or cervical cancers and its associated factors among 30–49 year old women in Gedeo zone, South Ethiopia: Cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE 20(1): e0315891 . [https://doi.org/](https://doi.org/)[ ](https://doi.org/)[10.1371/journal.pone](10.1371/journal.pone).0315891  \nEditor: Alexis G. Murillo Carrasco, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo / University of Sao Paulo, BRAZIL  \nReceived: May 15, 2024  \nAccepted: December 3, 2024  \nPublished: January 31, 2025  \nPeer Review History: PLOS recognizes the benefits of transparency in the peer review process; therefore, we enable the publication of all of the content of peer review and author responses alongside final, published articles. The editorial history of this article is available here:  \n[https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315891](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315891)  \n[Copyright:](Copyright: This is an open access article)[ This is an open access article](Copyright: This is an open access article), [free](free) of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.  \nData Availability Statement: All data files are available online in the Fig share repository at the  \nRESEARCH ARTICLE  \nScreening attendance of breast or cervical cancers and its associated factors among 30– 49 year old women in Gedeo zone, South Ethiopia: Cross-sectional study  \nAbel Desalegn Demeke1,2 *, Bedilu Deribe3,4, Martha Girma3, Muluken Gizaw2,5, Sefonias Getachew2,5, Susanne Unverzagt2,4, Eva J. Kantelhardt2,6,7, Betty Ferrell8, Eric Sven Kroeber2,4☯, Lesley Taylor9☯  \n1 Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia, 2 Global and Planetary Health Working Group, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany, 3 School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia,  \n4 Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Center for Health Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, 5 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6 Global and Planetary Health Working Group, Institute for Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Informatics, Center for Health Sciences, MartinLuther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany, 7 Department of Gynecology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany, 8 Department of Nursing Education and Research, City of Hope National Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States of America, 9 Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States of America  \n☯ These authors contributed equally to this work.  \n* [adesalegn2513@gmail.com](adesalegn2513@gmail.com)  \nAbstract  \nIntroduction  \nBreast and cervical cancers are the most frequent and fatal cancers among women. Thus, early detection is necessary to improve the prognosis of affected women. However, in Ethiopia, the rates of screening remain alarmingly low.  \nObjective  \nTo assess the magnitude of screening attendance for breast or cervical cancer, as well asthe factors that predict it, among women aged 30–49 years old in Gedeo Zone, South Ethiopia, in 2023.  \nMethod  \nA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted using a multi-stage cluster sampling technique. Data were collected using pretested, structured questionnaires by trained interviewers. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were employed to identify factors associated with screening attendance.  \nfollowing link: [https://fi","cbCaiu1o4aLUkcjn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiu1o4aLUkcjn","pdf",722821,15,"English","# Abstract\n## Introduction\n## Objective\n## Method\n## Results\n## Conclusion and recommendation","[{\"question\":\"What was the study’s main objective?\",\"answer\":\"To assess the magnitude of screening attendance for breast or cervical cancer and identify factors predicting it among women aged 30–49 in Gedeo Zone, South Ethiopia, in 2023.\"},{\"question\":\"How was screening attendance measured and analyzed?\",\"answer\":\"A community-based cross-sectional study with multi-stage cluster sampling was used, collecting data via structured questionnaires. 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