Health-Care Providers' Perspectives towards Childhood Cancer Treatment in Kenya.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev
; 17(9): 4445-4450, 2016.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27797259
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This study explored perspectives of health-care providers on childhood cancer treatment in Kenya. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
A self-administered questionnaire was completed by 104 health-care providers in January and February 2013.RESULTS:
Seventy six percent of the health-care providers believed cancer to be curable. More doctors than other health-care providers had this positive opinion (p=0.037). The majority of health-care providers (92%) believed that most children with cancer will not be able to finish their treatment due to financial difficulties. They considered that prosperous highly-educated parents adhere better with treatment (88%) and that doctors adhere better with treatment for prosperous highly-educated parents (79%). According to 74% of health-care providers, quality of care is better for prosperous highly-educated parents (74%). Most health-care providers reported giving more explanation (71%), work with greater accuracy (70%) and use less difficult vocabulary (55%) to prosperous more educated families. Only 34% of health-care providers reported they feel more empathy towards patients from prosperous families. Reasons for non-adherence with the protocol according to health-care providers are family refuses drugs (85%), inadequate supply of drugs at pharmacy (79%), child looks ill (75%), and financial difficulties of parents (69%).CONCLUSIONS:
Health-care providers' health beliefs and attitudes differ for patients with families having high versus low socio-economic backgrounds.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pessoal de Saúde
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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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
Limite:
Child
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article