The prevalence and predictive factors of breast cancer screening among older Ghanaian women

202027 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

F. Akosua Agyemang · University of Ghana

Agnes Naki Tei-Muno · Methodist University College Ghana

Veronica Millicent Dzomeku · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Emmanuel Kweku Nakua · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Precious Adade Duodu · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Henry Ofori Duah

Anna Boakyewaa Bentil · Methodist University College Ghana

Abstract

The significant predictors of breast cancer screening were cervical cancer screening status, formal education, and participation in club meetings. Given that the prevalence of breast cancer screening among the older adult women in Ghana is low, we recommend that policies and programs dedicated to encouraging women to screen for breast cancer should aim at giving women the opportunity to obtain higher formal education, encouraging women to be actively involved in club meetings and to intensify efforts to encourage women to screen for breast cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Cervical Cancer and HPV Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Heliyon

Volume 6, Issue 4, pp. e03838-e03838

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03838

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