Barriers to women’s breast cancer screening behaviors in several countries
A meta-synthesis study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15216348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | İlknur Özkan (0000-0002-0826-5682, Kumluca Faculty of Health Sciences, İnternal Medicine Nursing Department, Akdeniz University, Kumluca, Antalya, Turkey, corresponding author), Seçil Taylan (0000-0002-7243-0734, Kumluca Faculty of Health Sciences, Surgical Nursing Department, Akdeniz University, Kumluca, Antalya, Turkey) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 7-9 |
| Pages | 1013-1043 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Care For Women International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07399332.2020.1814777 |
| PMID | 32877315 |
| OpenAlex | W3082055599 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 84 |
In this meta-synthesis study, 47 qualitative studies that were conducted with a total of 2234 female participants aged between 18 and 75 years in 22 different countries were analyzed. The women were found to not participate breast cancer screening behaviors due to personal, social, and system barriers. Women's personal barriers were determined as fear, embarrassment, breast cancer perceptions and beliefs, lack of motivation, lack of knowledge, socioeconomic status, and negative experiences. Culture and stigma were identified as social barriers. Health insurance coverage, accessibility of health care services, and the attitudes of health care workers were classified as system barriers
Breast cancer · Cancer · Developing country · Embarrassment · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Social stigma · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Medicine · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |