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The outcomes were self-reported ever having received a clinical breast examination for breast cancer and ever having been tested for cervical cancer. The prevalence was estimated using weighted descriptive statistics and Rao-Scott chi-square tests. Determinants were examined with multivariable logistic regression, reporting adjusted odds ratios (AORs), and 95% confidence intervals. Socioeconomic inequality was assessed using concentration curves and concentration indices, accounting for the complex survey design.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The final sample size was 9,824. Breast and cervical cancer screening prevalence was 6.2% and 9.3%, respectively. Uptake increased with age (25-34 years: breast AOR = 2.68; cervical AOR = 2.41; 35-49 years: breast AOR = 3.54; cervical AOR = 3.27,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">v<\/jats:italic>\n                      15-24 years) and with household wealth (richest\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">v<\/jats:italic>\n                      poorest, cervical AOR = 1.95). Higher screening odds were associated with parity, recent health care visits, contraceptive use, and media exposure, whereas lower odds were associated with nonmotorized transport use. The prevalence was greater in urban areas. Concentration indices showed significant pro-rich inequality for both screening services (breast = 0.05; cervical = 0.05;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Strategies prioritizing integrating screening into reproductive and primary care, expanding outreach to poorer households, ensuring financial protection, and delivering community-based services in rural areas, alongside monitoring equity indicators, are critical to advancing universal access to breast and cervical cancer screening in Tajikistan.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1200\/go-25-00582","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,29]],"date-time":"2026-04-29T19:59:41Z","timestamp":1777492781000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1200\/crossmark","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Determinants and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Tajikistan: Evidence From the 2023 Demographic and Health Survey"],"prefix":"10.1200","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7680-676X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Rajat Das","family":"Gupta","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for International Public Health and Environmental Research, Bangladesh (CIPHER,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh"},{"name":"BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh"},{"name":"Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Poulami","family":"Sarker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4895-253X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Shams Shabab","family":"Haider","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Data Management Project, Friendship NGO, Dhaka, Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-9028-4603","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ananna","family":"Mazumder","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for International Public Health and Environmental Research, Bangladesh (CIPHER,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh"},{"name":"Department of Public Health, School of Health and Life Science, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Arpan Das","family":"Gupta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Development Studies, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Promit Ananyo","family":"Chakraborty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Social Relations, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh"},{"name":"School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"233","reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_4_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/cncr.33587"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3322\/caac.21660"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jncc.2025.02.002"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.currproblcancer.2018.06.003"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3322\/caac.21834"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jcpo.2023.100436"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_8_2","volume-title":"CanScreen5: Global Cancer Screening Data","author":"International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)","year":"2020","unstructured":"International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC): CanScreen5: Global Cancer Screening Data. 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