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标题：How do reproductive age women perceive breast cancer screening in Ethiopia? A qualitative study
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作者：Feleke Doyore Agide ; Gholamreza Garmaroudi ; Roya Sadeghi 等
期刊名称：African Health Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1680-6905
电子版ISSN：1729-0503
出版年度：2020
卷号：19
期号：4
页码：3009-3017
DOI：10.4314/ahs.v19i4.22
出版社：Makerere University Medical School（Uganda)
摘要：Background: Breast cancer remains one of the deadliest non-communicable diseases in the world. In Ethiopia, breast cancer accounts for 33.4% of total cancer diagnosis in women. Objective: This study aims to explore perception about breast screening behavior among reproductive age women. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted as a baseline to identify gaps to design interventions that will enhance breast screening uptake among reproductive age women. Six focus group discussions and 9 in-depth interviews were conducted with women and health workers respectively. Semi-structured questions were used. Data analysis was analyzed by Atlas.ti. 7 and the ideas were put in direct quotation and narration. Results: Lack of awareness is the preceding problem for self-susceptibility to breast cancer as well as for having breast screening. Majority of women thought that the cause of breast cancer was a sin (supernatural power). Self-efficacy and cues to action were the most important correlates of the perception owing to fear of socio-cultural stigma and discrimination. Conclusion: All health belief model constructs identified a critical problem for adaptation of behavior. Therefore, this gives the opportunity to design and develop community-based intervention and explore new intervention mechanism with an accurate method.
关键词：Behavior; breast; perception; qualitative data; Ethiopia.