Utilization of breast cancer screening in Kenya: what are the determinants?

Breast cancer accounts for 23% of all cancer cases among women in Kenya. Although breast cancer screening is important, we know little about the factors associated with women's breast cancer screening utilization in Kenya. Using the Andersen's behavioural model of health care utilization,...

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Published in:BMC health services research 2020-03, Vol.20 (1), p.228-228, Article 228
Main Authors: Antabe, Roger, Kansanga, Moses, Sano, Yujiro, Kyeremeh, Emmanuel, Galaa, Yvonne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Andersen’s behavioural model of health care utilization
Breast cancer
Breast cancer screening
Cancer screening
Care and treatment
Couples
Demographic and health survey
Demographic aspects
Developing countries
Diagnosis
Education
Health behavior
Health care policy
Health care services accessibility
Health facilities
Health insurance
Health services utilization
Health surveys
Informal economy
Kenya
LDCs
Low income groups
Mammography
Marital status
Medical personnel
Medical screening
Patient compliance
Population
Prenatal care
Preventive medicine
Religion
Urban areas
Women's health services
Womens health
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Summary:Breast cancer accounts for 23% of all cancer cases among women in Kenya. Although breast cancer screening is important, we know little about the factors associated with women's breast cancer screening utilization in Kenya. Using the Andersen's behavioural model of health care utilization, we aim to address this void in the literature. We draw data on the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey and employ univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses. We find that women's geographic location, specifically, living in a rural area (OR = 0.89; p 
ISSN:1472-6963
1472-6963
DOI:10.1186/s12913-020-5073-2