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To evaluate the personal, economic, and healthcare system barriers affecting breast cancer screening utilization among Egyptian women.

January 1, 2014Journal of Family and Community MedicineOpen Access

Barriers to breast cancer screening among a sample of Egyptian females

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HMHeba MamdouhDubai Health Authority HEH. M. E. El-MansyAlexandria University IKIbrahim KharboushAlexandria University

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Cross-sectional study reveals significant behavioral and financial barriers to breast cancer screening in Egyptian women, highlighting the need for targeted public health awareness strategies.

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To evaluate the personal, economic, and healthcare system barriers affecting breast cancer screening utilization among Egyptian women.
Conducted a cross-sectional survey across family health centers representing all seven districts of Alexandria governorate, Egypt.
Recruited a randomly selected cohort of 612 female attendees from the participating centers.
Common barriers included delaying care until symptoms appeared (81.8%), needing a physician's recommendation for a mammogram (77.0%), perceived lack of clinic privacy (71.4%), skepticism regarding checkup value (69.2%), and financial costs (64.6%).
Perceived barriers were significantly elevated among women with lower education, lower income, unemployment, poor knowledge of cancer risks, and lack of a family history of breast cancer.

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Mamdouh et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0dd0bccae7912d2fa5528c https://doi.org/10.4103/2230-8229.134771

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Cross-sectional study reveals significant behavioral and financial barriers to breast cancer screening in Egyptian women, highlighting the need for targeted public health awareness strategies.

Barriers to breast cancer screening among a sample of Egyptian females

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Barriers to breast cancer screening among a sample of Egyptian females

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