From Community Laywomen to Breast Health Workers: A Pilot Training Model to Implement Clinical Breast Exam Screening in Malawi

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer burden is high in low-income countries. Inadequate early detection contributes to late diagnosis and increased mortality. We describe the training program for Malawi’s first clinical breast exam (CBE) screening effort. METHODS: Laywomen were recruited as Breast Health Worke...

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Autores principales: Gutnik, Lily, Moses, Agnes, Stanley, Christopher, Tembo, Tapiwa, Lee, Clara, Gopal, Satish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4784957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26959980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151389

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4784957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26959980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151389

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