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Article: Breast cancer screening practices of African migrant women in Australia: a descriptive cross-sectional study

TitleBreast cancer screening practices of African migrant women in Australia: a descriptive cross-sectional study
Authors
KeywordsAfrican migrant women
African women
African-Australian
Australia
Breast cancer
Migrant women
Screening
Issue Date2017
PublisherBioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcwomenshealth/
Citation
BMC Women's Health, 2017, v. 17, p. 32 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among women and a leading cause of mortality and morbidity, globally. Breast cancer mortality can be improved through routine cancer screening, yet migrant populations have lower participation rates. While African migrants are among the fastest growing migrant population in Australia, their breast cancer screening behaviour is under-studied. The aims of this study were to report breast cancer screening status of African migrant women and factors associated with their breast cancer screening behaviour in Australia. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional approach was utilised for this study. Two hundred and sixty four African migrant women aged 18–69 years and recruited from a number of organisations responded to a self-reported African version of the Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs Questionnaire (BCSBQ). Main research variables are breast cancer screening practices and demographic characteristics and total scores on each of the BCSBQ subscales. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to investigate the impact of the demographic variables on the likelihood of women in the target age range 50–74 years having screening practices as recommended. Results: While most of the participants heard of breast awareness (76.1%) and mammogram (85.2%), only 11.4% practised monthly breast awareness, whereas 65.9% had ever had a mammogram as frequently as recommended. Age and employment were determining factors for participating in mammogram. Significant different scores were found in the “Practical barriers” between women at the target age who had and had not performed breast awareness (80.4 versus 77.5, p-value = 0.002) and mammogram (77.1 versus 70.3, p-value = 0.009) regularly as recommended. Moreover, attitudes towards general health check-ups subscale scores were significantly higher in women who had performed clinical breast examination as frequently as recommended than those who had not. Conclusions: The research reveals that practical barriers and attitudes towards general health check-ups are important factors to take into account in determining African migrant women’s participation in breast cancer screening. Progress in reducing breast cancer deaths through early detection needs to focus on attitudinal change among African migrants.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/244546
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dc.contributor.authorOgunsiji, OO-
dc.contributor.authorKwok, C-
dc.contributor.authorLee, CF-
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-18T01:54:28Z-
dc.date.available2017-09-18T01:54:28Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationBMC Women's Health, 2017, v. 17, p. 32-
dc.identifier.issn1472-6874-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/244546-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among women and a leading cause of mortality and morbidity, globally. Breast cancer mortality can be improved through routine cancer screening, yet migrant populations have lower participation rates. While African migrants are among the fastest growing migrant population in Australia, their breast cancer screening behaviour is under-studied. The aims of this study were to report breast cancer screening status of African migrant women and factors associated with their breast cancer screening behaviour in Australia. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional approach was utilised for this study. Two hundred and sixty four African migrant women aged 18–69 years and recruited from a number of organisations responded to a self-reported African version of the Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs Questionnaire (BCSBQ). Main research variables are breast cancer screening practices and demographic characteristics and total scores on each of the BCSBQ subscales. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to investigate the impact of the demographic variables on the likelihood of women in the target age range 50–74 years having screening practices as recommended. Results: While most of the participants heard of breast awareness (76.1%) and mammogram (85.2%), only 11.4% practised monthly breast awareness, whereas 65.9% had ever had a mammogram as frequently as recommended. Age and employment were determining factors for participating in mammogram. Significant different scores were found in the “Practical barriers” between women at the target age who had and had not performed breast awareness (80.4 versus 77.5, p-value = 0.002) and mammogram (77.1 versus 70.3, p-value = 0.009) regularly as recommended. Moreover, attitudes towards general health check-ups subscale scores were significantly higher in women who had performed clinical breast examination as frequently as recommended than those who had not. Conclusions: The research reveals that practical barriers and attitudes towards general health check-ups are important factors to take into account in determining African migrant women’s participation in breast cancer screening. Progress in reducing breast cancer deaths through early detection needs to focus on attitudinal change among African migrants.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcwomenshealth/-
dc.relation.ispartofBMC Women's Health-
dc.rightsBMC Women's Health. Copyright © BioMed Central Ltd.-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectAfrican migrant women-
dc.subjectAfrican women-
dc.subjectAfrican-Australian-
dc.subjectAustralia-
dc.subjectBreast cancer-
dc.subjectMigrant women-
dc.subjectScreening-
dc.titleBreast cancer screening practices of African migrant women in Australia: a descriptive cross-sectional study-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailLee, CF: fanlee@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityLee, CF=rp02103-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12905-017-0384-0-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC5392914-
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dc.identifier.hkuros276572-
dc.identifier.volume17-
dc.identifier.spage32-
dc.identifier.epage32-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000399275800001-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl1472-6874-

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