Cervical Cancer: Barriers to Screening in the Somali Community in Minnesota

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作者：
Rahel G. Ghebre
Barrett Sewali
Sirad Osman
Amira Adawe
Hai T. Nguyen
Kolawole S. Okuyemi
Anne Joseph
机构：
[1] University of Minnesota,Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
[2] New American Community Services,School of Public Health
[3] University of Minnesota,Program in Health Disparities Research
[4] University of Minnesota Medical School,Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
[5] University of Minnesota Medical School,Department of Medicine
[6] University of Minnesota Medical School,undefined
[7] University of Minnesota Medical School,undefined
来源：
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | 2015年 / 17卷
关键词：
Cervical cancer; Screening; Somali women; Qualitative;
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摘要：
This study examined barriers to and facilitators of cervical cancer screening among Somali immigrant women in Minnesota. We adopted the socioecological framework to illustrate screening barriers at multiple levels. We conducted 23 semi-structured key informant interviews and used a thematic exploratory approach to analyze the data. Barriers were classified into individual, community or health systems levels. Obstacles included lack of knowledge, religious beliefs, fatalism, fear, embarrassment, and lack of trust in the interpreters. Participants described a need for training of healthcare providers on issues surrounding Somali women’s cultural practices and sexual health. Identifying individual, community, or health system barriers and addressing them concurrently may increase use of cancer screening services among Somali women. Future interventions need to address multilevel barriers with multilevel approaches to improve utilization of cervical cancer screening services in underserved immigrant populations in the United States.
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