Experiences and perceptions regarding clinical breast exam screening by trained laywomen in Malawi

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• 作者：Racquel E. Kohler ; Anna R. Miller ; Lily Gutnik ; Clara N. Lee…
• 关键词：Breast cancer screening ; Lay health worker ; Sub ; Saharan Africa ; Health education ; Qualitative interviews
• 刊名：Cancer Causes & Control
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：28
• 期：2
• 页码：137-143
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Cancer Research; Biomedicine, general; Oncology; Public Health; Epidemiology; Hematology;
• 出版者：Springer International Publishing
• ISSN：1573-7225
• 卷排序：28

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PurposeDespite the increasing burden, breast cancer control in sub-Saharan Africa is insufficient. Late diagnosis and lack of early detection and screening services contribute to high mortality. Clinical breast exam (CBE) screening can be valuable in low-income countries, including use of community health workers and non-health professionals to conduct exams. We assessed experiences of women who underwent CBE screening by trained laywomen in Lilongwe, Malawi, as part of a pilot program.