Barriers to and factors facilitating breast cancer screening among Iranian women: a qualitative study
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This study used qualitative methodology to understand Iranian women's views about barriers to and factors facilitating screening for early detection of breast cancer. Using grounded theory with in-depth interviews of 31 participants, themes emerged from the data in 2 main categories [internal and external] with 3 sub-categories: women's attitudes, feelings and beliefs; women's social network experiences; and accessibility. Facilitating factors for screening were self-care, fear, proactive coping, state of mind and advocacy. Barriers were negligence, cancer-related fear, low self-efficacy, fatalism, misinformation, ineffective health communication and competing prioritiesCitation
Lamyian, M., Ahmadi, F., Faghihzadeh, S. & Aguilar Vafaie, M.E. (2007). Barriers to and factors facilitating breast cancer screening among Iranian women: a qualitative study. EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 13 (5), 1160-1169, 2007 https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/117361