BARRIERS TO UPTAKE OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING IN KENYA.
East Afr Med J
; 91(11): 391-7, 2014 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-26866087
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To conduct clinical breast cancer screening in three sites in Western Kenya and explore community barriers to screening uptake.DESIGN:
Cross-sectional study.SETTING:
Western Kenya specifically, Mosoriot, Turbo, and Kapsokwony.SUBJECTS:
Community members (18 years and older) who did not attend the screening events. OUTCOMEMEASURE:
The outcome measure was having heard about the breast cancer screening events. Both structured and open-ended questions were used for data collection. Item frequency, correlations, and content analyses were performed.RESULTS:
A total of 733 community members were surveyed (63% women, median age 33 years, IQR = 26-43). More than half (55%) of respondents had heard about the screening but did not attend. The majority of those who had heard about this particular screening had knowledge of screening availability in general (45% vs. 25%, p < 0.001). Only 8.0% of those who heard and 6.0% of those who had not heard of the screening event had previously undergone clinical breast exam (p = 0.20). Reasons for not attending the screening event were personal factors, including busy schedule (41.0%), perceived low personal risk (12.7%), lack of transport (4.2%), as well as health facility factors such as poor publicity (14.4%) and long queues (8.7%).CONCLUSION:
Barriers to breast cancer screening uptake were associated with inadequate publicity, perceived long waits at event and busy lives among community women.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Mama
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Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Detecção Precoce de Câncer
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Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article