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Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening among Diverse Cultural Groups in Melbourne, Australia

This study explored the association between health literacy, barriers to breast cancer screening, and breast screening participation for women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. English-, Arabic- and Italian-speaking women (n = 317) between the ages of 50 to 74 in North W...

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Autores principales: O’Hara, Jonathan, McPhee, Crystal, Dodson, Sarity, Cooper, Annie, Wildey, Carol, Hawkins, Melanie, Fulton, Alexandra, Pridmore, Vicki, Cuevas, Victoria, Scanlon, Mathew, Livingston, Patricia M., Osborne, Richard H., Beauchamp, Alison
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6121647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30087259
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081677
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author O’Hara, Jonathan
McPhee, Crystal
Dodson, Sarity
Cooper, Annie
Wildey, Carol
Hawkins, Melanie
Fulton, Alexandra
Pridmore, Vicki
Cuevas, Victoria
Scanlon, Mathew
Livingston, Patricia M.
Osborne, Richard H.
Beauchamp, Alison
author_facet O’Hara, Jonathan
McPhee, Crystal
Dodson, Sarity
Cooper, Annie
Wildey, Carol
Hawkins, Melanie
Fulton, Alexandra
Pridmore, Vicki
Cuevas, Victoria
Scanlon, Mathew
Livingston, Patricia M.
Osborne, Richard H.
Beauchamp, Alison
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description This study explored the association between health literacy, barriers to breast cancer screening, and breast screening participation for women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. English-, Arabic- and Italian-speaking women (n = 317) between the ages of 50 to 74 in North West Melbourne, Australia were recruited to complete a survey exploring health literacy, barriers to breast cancer screening, and self-reported screening participation. A total of 219 women (69%) reported having a breast screen within the past two years. Results revealed that health literacy was not associated with screening participation. Instead, emotional barriers were a significant factor in the self-reported uptake of screening. Three health literacy domains were related to lower emotional breast screening barriers, feeling understood and supported by healthcare providers, social support for health and understanding health information well enough to know what to do. Compared with English- and Italian-speaking women, Arabic-speaking women reported more emotional barriers to screening and greater challenges in understanding health information well enough to know what to do. Interventions that can improve breast screening participation rates should aim to reduce emotional barriers to breast screening, particularly for Arabic-speaking women.
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spelling pubmed-61216472018-09-07 Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening among Diverse Cultural Groups in Melbourne, Australia O’Hara, Jonathan McPhee, Crystal Dodson, Sarity Cooper, Annie Wildey, Carol Hawkins, Melanie Fulton, Alexandra Pridmore, Vicki Cuevas, Victoria Scanlon, Mathew Livingston, Patricia M. Osborne, Richard H. Beauchamp, Alison Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study explored the association between health literacy, barriers to breast cancer screening, and breast screening participation for women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. English-, Arabic- and Italian-speaking women (n = 317) between the ages of 50 to 74 in North West Melbourne, Australia were recruited to complete a survey exploring health literacy, barriers to breast cancer screening, and self-reported screening participation. A total of 219 women (69%) reported having a breast screen within the past two years. Results revealed that health literacy was not associated with screening participation. Instead, emotional barriers were a significant factor in the self-reported uptake of screening. Three health literacy domains were related to lower emotional breast screening barriers, feeling understood and supported by healthcare providers, social support for health and understanding health information well enough to know what to do. Compared with English- and Italian-speaking women, Arabic-speaking women reported more emotional barriers to screening and greater challenges in understanding health information well enough to know what to do. Interventions that can improve breast screening participation rates should aim to reduce emotional barriers to breast screening, particularly for Arabic-speaking women. MDPI 2018-08-07 2018-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6121647/ /pubmed/30087259 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081677 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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McPhee, Crystal
Dodson, Sarity
Cooper, Annie
Wildey, Carol
Hawkins, Melanie
Fulton, Alexandra
Pridmore, Vicki
Cuevas, Victoria
Scanlon, Mathew
Livingston, Patricia M.
Osborne, Richard H.
Beauchamp, Alison
Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening among Diverse Cultural Groups in Melbourne, Australia
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title_fullStr Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening among Diverse Cultural Groups in Melbourne, Australia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6121647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30087259
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081677
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