SITING A WOMEN'S HEALTH FACILITY: A LOCATION-ALLOCATION STUDY OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING SERVICES IN EASTERN ONTARIO

1994 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
NANCY A. ROSS ◽  
MARK W. ROSENBERG ◽  
DIANE C. PROSS
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Breast Cancer Screening ◽  
Health Facility ◽  
Location Allocation ◽  
Screening Services ◽  
Eastern Ontario

Breast cancer screening services in three areas: uptake and satisfaction

1993 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. B. Vaile ◽  
M. Calnan ◽  
D. R. Rutter ◽  
Barbara Wall
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Breast Cancer Screening ◽  
Screening Services

scholarly journals Socioeconomic Inequalities in Uptake of Breast Cancer Screening among Saudi Women: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a National Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 2056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Khaled Al-Hanawi ◽  
Rubayyat Hashmi ◽  
Sarh Almubark ◽  
Ameerah M. N. Qattan ◽  
Mohammad Habibullah Pulok
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Breast Cancer Screening ◽  
Concentration Index ◽  
Clinical Breast Examination ◽  
Socioeconomic Inequalities ◽  
Saudi Women ◽  
Breast Examination ◽  
Clinical Breast ◽  
Screening Services

Timely and adequate screening for breast cancer could improve health outcomes and reduce health costs. However, the utilization of free breast cancer screening services among Saudi women is very low. This study aims to investigate socioeconomic inequalities in breast cancer screening among Saudi women. The data of this study were extracted from the nationally representative Saudi Health Interview Survey, conducted in 2013; the study included 2786 Saudi women. Multivariate logistic regression, the concentration curve, and the concentration index were used to examine, illustrate, and quantify income- and education-related inequalities in three outcomes: Knowledge about self-breast examination (SBE), clinical breast examination (CBE) received in the last year, and mammography, that has ever been previously carried out. Results showed a marked socioeconomic gradient in breast cancer screening services. The concentration index by income was 0.229 (SBE), 0.171 (CBE), and 0.163 (mammography). The concentration index by education was 0.292 (SBE), 0.149 (CBE), and 0.138 (mammography). Therefore, knowledge about breast cancer screening, and the utilization of screening services, were more concentrated among richer and better-educated women. Poorer and less educated women had less knowledge about self-breast examination, and had considerably less adherence to clinical breast examination and mammography. The findings are helpful for policy makers to devise and implement strategies to promote equity in breast cancer screening among Saudi women.

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