Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Among Haitian Immigrant Women in Little Haiti, Miami

Kobetz, Erin; Menard, Janelle; Barton, Betsy; Maldonado, Jennifer Cudris; Diem, Joshua; Auguste, Pascale; Pierre, Larry

doi:10.1007/s10903-010-9316-x

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“…As in the Kobetz et al [26] study of Haitian immigrants, we found that fear around diagnosis/results and fear of pain during mammography is a common barrier. Sociocultural notions of illness as symptomatic were similarly found in this refugee community.…”

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Perspectives on Preventive Health Care and Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Among Iraqi Women Refugees

Saadi

Bond

Percac‐Lima

2011

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Since the Iraq war began in 2003, over 4 million Iraqis have been displaced. Little is known about preventive cancer care in this population, but stark disparities have been documented. The purpose of this study was to assess the perspectives of Iraqi women refugees on preventive care and perceived barriers to breast cancer screening. Interviews were conducted in Arabic with twenty Iraqi refugee women by a bilingual (English/Arabic) medical student, transcribed, translated and coded according to established qualitative content and thematic analysis procedures. Psychosocial barriers, culturally mediated beliefs, and health consequences of war were identified as major themes, ultimately showing what factors, alone and collectively, have impeded Iraqi refugee women's ability and motivation to obtain breast cancer screening. To improve cancer prevention and decrease disparities in care in this most vulnerable population, culturally appropriate health education and outreach programs, as well as further community-level targeted studies, are needed.

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Perspectives on Preventive Health Care and Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Among Iraqi Women Refugees

Saadi

Bond

Percac‐Lima

2011

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…As a result, the barriers to access to health care have been studied in several continents such as Latin America, USA, Europe, Asia and Africa, to better understand this phenomenon (10,(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22) . However, little is known about the barriers faced in accessing health care to breast cancer in Brazil.…”

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Barriers in health care to breast cancer: perception of women

Gonçalves

Travassos

Almeida

et al. 2014

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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Barriers in health care to breast cancer: perception of womenGonçalves LLC, Travassos GL, Almeida AM, Guimarães AMDN, Gois CFL RESUMENObjetivo: Identificar las barreras en el acceso a la atención en salud percibidos por mujeres con cáncer de mama en tratamiento quimioterapéutico. Método: Estudio descriptivo-exploratorio, cuya muestra estuvo constituida por 58 mujeres con cáncer de mama en quimioterapia inscritas en el servicio ambulatorio público de oncología de Aracaju-Sergipe. La recolección de datos fue realizada entre octubre de 2011 a marzo de 2012, por medio de entrevistas semi-estructuradas. Los datos fueron procesados en el software SPSS, versión 17. Resultados: Entre las entrevistadas, 37 mu jeres (63,8%) relataron haber enfrentado por lo menos una barrera en la trayectoria de cuidado del cáncer de mama. Las barreras organizacionales o de los servicios de salud fueron las más citadas en los periodos de investigación y tratamiento del cáncer de mama. Conclusión: Las barreras deben ser consideradas en las políticas pú-blicas de salud y de los programas de control del cáncer de mama en Sergipe. DESCRIPTORES Mujeres Neoplasías de la mama Acceso a los Servicios de Salud Diagnóstico tardío Enfermería oncológica ABSTRACTObjective: Identifying the barriers in the access to health care to breast cancer perceived by women undergoing chemotherapy. Method: An exploratory descriptive study. The sample consisted of 58 women with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy and registered in the public oncology ambulatory of Aracaju-Sergipe. Data collection was carried out between October 2011 and March 2012 by semistructured interviews, and data were processed using the SPSS, version 17. Results: Among the interviewed women, 37 (63.8%) reported at least a barrier in the trajectory of care for breast cancer. The organizational and health services barriers were the most reported in the periods of investigation and treatment of breast cancer. Conclusion: In face of these findings, the barriers should be considered in public health policies and programs for the control of breast cancer in Sergipe. DESCRIPTORS INTRODUCTIONBreast cancer has become a public health problem worldwide. In 2008, the estimate was of 1,380 new cases and 458,000 deaths from breast cancer. Among these, approximately 59% occurred in countries of low and middle income (1) . Most cases diagnosed in developing countries are in more advanced stages of the disease, which complicates treatment (2)(3)(4)(5) . Barriers to access to health services, incomplete or missing information, difficulties in infrastructure, socioeconomic, ethnic and geographical conditions are some of the problems that lead to delay in diagnosis, both from other diseases as neoplasms (3,5) .Breast cancer, when detected at early stages, has the best prognosis and ensures lower costs to the health system (6) . Due to do this fact, the access to health services is of paramount importance, and goes beyond the mere availability of resources, resulting from a combination of factors, such as favor...

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“…Underutilization of mammography screening among immigrant women has been associated with cultural beliefs, limited English proficiency, lower cancer literacy, religious beliefs, fear, lack of physician recommendation, and lack of health insurance (Carroll et al, 2007;Engelman, Cizki, Ellerbeck, & Rempusheski, 2012;Kobetz et al, 2010;Pavlish, Noor, & Brandt, 2010). Low health literacy and low cancer literacy may pose major obstacles to reading and comprehending medical information, such as prevention materials, patient intake forms, consent forms, and medical prescriptions.…”

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Views of Mammography Screening Among U.S. Black and Hispanic Immigrant Women and Their Providers

Wallace

Torres

Beltran

et al. 2014

Health Care for Women International

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Views of ethnic immigrant women's experiences about mammography screening are important to determine barriers to cancer screening. We explored perceptions and barriers about mammography screening and breast health services among Haitian, Hispanic, Portuguese, and Somali women (n = 51) using semistructured interviews. Providers (n = 19) offered insight into health system barriers. Content analysis was conducted using qualitative data from the 2011 Komen Massachusetts needs assessment. Grounded theory was employed to explore themes and patterns in narratives. Six themes represented knowledge, health care, culture, spirituality, survivorship, and health systems improvement. Results may inform breast health policies that impact ethnic immigrant women in Massachusetts.

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Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Among Haitian Immigrant Women in Little Haiti, Miami

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Perspectives on Preventive Health Care and Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Among Iraqi Women Refugees

Perspectives on Preventive Health Care and Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Among Iraqi Women Refugees

Barriers in health care to breast cancer: perception of women

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