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Barriers to cervical cancer screening among rural women in eastern China: a qualitative study
OBJECTIVES: To explore barriers to free cervical cancer screening among rural women in China from the perspective of women, healthcare providers and women’s husbands to inform intervention planning. DESIGN: A qualitative study framed around potential policy and practice options, drawing on the conce...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6429857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30872552 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026413 |
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author | Yang, Huan Li, Shun-Ping Chen, Qing Morgan, Christopher |
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description | OBJECTIVES: To explore barriers to free cervical cancer screening among rural women in China from the perspective of women, healthcare providers and women’s husbands to inform intervention planning. DESIGN: A qualitative study framed around potential policy and practice options, drawing on the concepts of descriptive phenomenology and implementation research. SETTING: This study was carried out at township level within two counties in Jining Prefecture of eastern China. PARTICIPANTS AND DATA COLLECTION: Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 21 women and five healthcare providers, focus group discussions with nine healthcare providers and key informant interviews with four husbands of women eligible for screening. RESULTS: Thematic analysis generated five major themes: (1) gaps in knowledge of cervical cancer and health awareness, (2) fear of cancer and screening outcomes, (3) cultural barriers including reticence for intimate examinations, (4) influence of close contacts on screening decisions and (5) inconvenience. These demonstrate key knowledge gaps challenging current community health education. Important barriers, including fear of treatment cost and the time needed for screening, were also raised. CONCLUSION: Our study details important barriers to cervical cancer screening relating to knowledge gaps, attitudes of fear or embarrassment and the role of contacts and service models. These provide data for policy and planning to improve the screening that will decrease the incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer in China. |
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spelling | pubmed-64298572019-04-05 Barriers to cervical cancer screening among rural women in eastern China: a qualitative study Yang, Huan Li, Shun-Ping Chen, Qing Morgan, Christopher BMJ Open Qualitative Research OBJECTIVES: To explore barriers to free cervical cancer screening among rural women in China from the perspective of women, healthcare providers and women’s husbands to inform intervention planning. DESIGN: A qualitative study framed around potential policy and practice options, drawing on the concepts of descriptive phenomenology and implementation research. SETTING: This study was carried out at township level within two counties in Jining Prefecture of eastern China. PARTICIPANTS AND DATA COLLECTION: Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 21 women and five healthcare providers, focus group discussions with nine healthcare providers and key informant interviews with four husbands of women eligible for screening. RESULTS: Thematic analysis generated five major themes: (1) gaps in knowledge of cervical cancer and health awareness, (2) fear of cancer and screening outcomes, (3) cultural barriers including reticence for intimate examinations, (4) influence of close contacts on screening decisions and (5) inconvenience. These demonstrate key knowledge gaps challenging current community health education. Important barriers, including fear of treatment cost and the time needed for screening, were also raised. CONCLUSION: Our study details important barriers to cervical cancer screening relating to knowledge gaps, attitudes of fear or embarrassment and the role of contacts and service models. These provide data for policy and planning to improve the screening that will decrease the incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer in China. BMJ Publishing Group 2019-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6429857/ /pubmed/30872552 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026413 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Qualitative Research Yang, Huan Li, Shun-Ping Chen, Qing Morgan, Christopher Barriers to cervical cancer screening among rural women in eastern China: a qualitative study |
title | Barriers to cervical cancer screening among rural women in eastern China: a qualitative study |
title_full | Barriers to cervical cancer screening among rural women in eastern China: a qualitative study |
title_fullStr | Barriers to cervical cancer screening among rural women in eastern China: a qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | Barriers to cervical cancer screening among rural women in eastern China: a qualitative study |
title_short | Barriers to cervical cancer screening among rural women in eastern China: a qualitative study |
title_sort | barriers to cervical cancer screening among rural women in eastern china: a qualitative study |
topic | Qualitative Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6429857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30872552 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026413 |
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