ArticleJournal of cancer epidemiology2016
What Prevents Men Aged 40-64 Years from Prostate Cancer Screening in Namibia?
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- Burden of prostate cancer in older adults, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis based on the global burden of disease study 2021.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Individual and Socioeconomic Affecting Factors for Prostate Cancer Screening Behavior.The world journal of men's health · 2025Review
- Health system constraints in cervical cancer prevention in rural Namibia: A qualitative study.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
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- Assessment of prostate cancer awareness and screening knowledge among men in Najran, Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2025Article
- Barriers and sources of information in prostate cancer screening at a South African hospital.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Article
- Prostate cancer screening knowledge and attitude among men over 50 at a referral Hospital in Oshana region, Namibia.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Article
- Return on investment in science: twenty years of European Commission funded research in Alzheimer's dementia, breast cancer and prostate cancer.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of a community-based health education intervention on prostate cancer fatalism: a quasi-experimental study.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
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- Healthcare workers´ experiences and perceptions of the provision of health insurance benefits to the elderly in rural Tanzania: an explorative qualitative study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Factors Influencing Uptake of Prostate Cancer Screening among Men Aged 40 Years and Above in Kazo Town Council, Kazo District, Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study.BioMed research international · 2023Article
- Serum prostate specific antigen is a good indicator of prostatic volume in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2022Article
- Effect of Perceived Self-Vulnerability on Prostate Cancer Screening Uptake and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study of Public Health Facilities in Western Kenya.Annals of global health · 2022Article
- Health insurance and health system (un) responsiveness: a qualitative study with elderly in rural Tanzania.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Prostate specific antigen test uptake: a cross sectional study on elderly men in Western Iran.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Determinants of prostate specific antigen screening test uptake in an urban community in North-Central Nigeria.African health sciences · 2019Article
- Sociodemographic patterns of health insurance coverage in Namibia.International journal for equity in health · 2019Article
- Natural history of castration-resistant prostate cancer in sub-Saharan African black men: a single-centre study of Nigerian men.Ecancermedicalscience · 2018Review
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Abstract
Objectives. Although a growing body of evidence demonstrates the public health burden of prostate cancer in SSA, relatively little is known about the underlying factors surrounding the low levels of testing for the disease in the context of this region. Using Namibia Demographic Health Survey dataset (NDHS, 2013), we examined the factors that influence men's decision to screen for prostate cancer in Namibia. Methods. We use complementary log-log regression models to explore the determinants of screening for prostate cancer. We also corrected for the effect of unobserved heterogeneity that may affect screening behaviours at the cluster level. Results. The results show that health insurance coverage (OR = 2.95, p = 0.01) is an important predictor of screening for prostate cancer in Namibia. In addition, higher education and discussing reproductive issues with a health worker (OR = 2.02, p = 0.05) were more likely to screening for prostate cancer. Conclusions. A universal health insurance scheme may be necessary to increase uptake of prostate cancer screening. However it needs to be acknowledged that expanded screening can have negative consequences and any allocation of scarce resources towards screening must be guided by evidence obtained from the local context about the costs and benefits of screening.
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