Barriers to Mammography Screening: How to Overcome Them
Background: Screening mammography is an established intervention that leads to early breast cancer detection and reduced mortality. The Lebanese Ministry of Health has initiated yearly awareness campaigns and provided free mammography in multiple centers around the country. Methods: The study to...
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doaj-0fbe3c2bf7b34368bdb081cc88b7af122020-11-25T02:52:59ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesMiddle East Journal of Cancer 2008-67092008-66872015-10-0164243251Barriers to Mammography Screening: How to Overcome ThemYasmin Hassoun0Haifa Dbouk1Ehab Saad Aldin2Zeina Nasser3Linda Abou Abbas4Zeina Nahleh5Arafat Tfayli6Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LebanonDepartment of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LebanonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital Affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United StatesDepartment of Public Health, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Public Health, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University, El Paso, Texas, United StatesDepartment of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LebanonBackground: Screening mammography is an established intervention that leads to early breast cancer detection and reduced mortality. The Lebanese Ministry of Health has initiated yearly awareness campaigns and provided free mammography in multiple centers around the country. Methods: The study took place in two major areas of Lebanon - Beirut and South Lebanon. This cross-sectional survey aimed to assess knowledge about breast cancer screening and screening behaviors in the Lebanese population. The primary outcome of the study was to assess the reasons that prevented women from performing screening mammography based on our categories of questions: lack of knowledge about breast cancer, lack of access to screening facilities, failure of primary care physician to encourage screening behavior, and other reasons. Results: The major barriers to seek screening that had statistically significant P-values, in order of prevalence, included: lack of knowledge about breast cancer, followed by social reasons and lack of access. Conclusion: Given the prevalence of breast cancer in our population, it is important to understand the pitfalls that we experience in promoting awareness. Our study is the first study to reach out to the community to assess perceived barriers against screening and provide solutions for such barriers.http://mejc.sums.ac.ir/index.php/mejc/article/view/278/231Breast CancerMammography screeningCampaign |
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Yasmin Hassoun Haifa Dbouk Ehab Saad Aldin Zeina Nasser Linda Abou Abbas Zeina Nahleh Arafat Tfayli Barriers to Mammography Screening: How to Overcome Them Middle East Journal of Cancer Breast Cancer Mammography screening Campaign |
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Barriers to Mammography Screening: How to Overcome Them |
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Barriers to Mammography Screening: How to Overcome Them |
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Barriers to Mammography Screening: How to Overcome Them |
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Barriers to Mammography Screening: How to Overcome Them |
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Barriers to Mammography Screening: How to Overcome Them |
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barriers to mammography screening: how to overcome them |
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences |
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Middle East Journal of Cancer |
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2008-6709 2008-6687 |
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2015-10-01 |
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Background: Screening mammography is an established intervention that leads to
early breast cancer detection and reduced mortality. The Lebanese Ministry of Health
has initiated yearly awareness campaigns and provided free mammography in multiple
centers around the country.
Methods: The study took place in two major areas of Lebanon - Beirut and South
Lebanon. This cross-sectional survey aimed to assess knowledge about breast cancer
screening and screening behaviors in the Lebanese population. The primary outcome
of the study was to assess the reasons that prevented women from performing screening
mammography based on our categories of questions: lack of knowledge about breast
cancer, lack of access to screening facilities, failure of primary care physician to
encourage screening behavior, and other reasons.
Results: The major barriers to seek screening that had statistically significant
P-values, in order of prevalence, included: lack of knowledge about breast cancer,
followed by social reasons and lack of access.
Conclusion: Given the prevalence of breast cancer in our population, it is important
to understand the pitfalls that we experience in promoting awareness. Our study is the
first study to reach out to the community to assess perceived barriers against screening
and provide solutions for such barriers. |
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Breast Cancer Mammography screening Campaign |
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http://mejc.sums.ac.ir/index.php/mejc/article/view/278/231 |
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