Health system barriers influencing timely breast cancer diagnosis and treatment among women in low and middle-income Asian countries: evidence from a mixed-methods systematic review.
Victoria BamSheena RamazanuObasanjo Afolabi BolarinwaVida Nyagre YakongRichard Adongo AfayaRichard Gyan AboagyeSilas Selorm Daniels-DonkorAhmed-Rufai YahayaJinhee ShinVeronica Millicent DzomekuMartin Amogre AyanoreRobert Alhassan KabaPublished in: BMC health services research (2022)
This study concluded that health system factors such as geographical accessibility to treatment, misdiagnosis, and long waiting times at health facilities were major barriers to early breast cancer diagnosis and treatment among Asian women in LMICs. Eliminating these barriers will require deliberate health system strengthening, such as improving training for the health workforce and establishing more healthcare facilities.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- public health
- systematic review
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- early breast cancer
- mental health
- health information
- pregnancy outcomes
- breast cancer risk
- meta analyses
- physical activity
- randomized controlled trial
- study protocol
- pregnant women
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- adipose tissue
- risk assessment
- social media
- smoking cessation
- double blind