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Male support for cervical cancer screening and treatment in rural Ghana.
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- Understanding cervical cancer prevention in Africa: a qualitative systematic review of the role of men.BMJ open · 2024Pooled it
- "A Man With a Loving Heart": A Systematic Review of Male Involvement in Cervical Cancer Screening in Africa.International journal of public health · 2024Pooled it
- Factors Influencing the Experience of Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.JCO global oncology · 2023Pooled it
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- Motivations and hesitations for cervical cancer screening: considerations for scale-up of human papilloma virus (HPV) testing within HIV care in Zimbabwe.Infectious agents and cancer · 2026Article
- Perceptions of integrating cervical cancer screening with HIV and sexual and reproductive health services: results from serial multiple methods studies among health workers and women in Zimbabwe.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Knowledge Attitude and Determinants of Cervical Cancer Screening Uptake Among Age-Eligible Women and Male Partners in Makurdi North-Central Nigeria.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025Article
- Social influences on Moroccan and Pakistani immigrant women's access and use of cervical cancer screening in Catalonia, Spain: a social network analysis.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing Cervical Cancer Screening: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Ethnically Diverse Women in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Effective cervical cancer prevention in sub-Saharan Africa needs the inclusion of men as key stakeholders.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Male partner roles in cervical cancer transmission and prevention in central Kenya: A quantitative approach.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2025Article
- Male support for cervical cancer screening in Debre Berhan City Ethiopia a community based cross sectional survey.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Adherence to Treatment and Follow-Up of Precancerous Cervical Lesions in Ethiopia.The oncologist · 2024Article
- Experiences of caring for women with cervical cancer: A qualitative study among male partners in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Perceived acceptability of self-administered topical therapy for cervical precancer treatment among women undergoing cervical cancer screening in Kenya.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Men's perceptions and perceived acceptability of their female partner's use of self-administered intravaginal therapies for treatment of cervical precancer in Kenya.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- The economic burden of cervical cancer on women in Uganda: Findings from a cross-sectional study conducted at two public cervical cancer clinics.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- "There is nothing that can prevent me from supporting her:" men's perspectives on their involvement and support of women's use of topical therapy for cervical precancer treatment in Kenya.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Men's perceptions and perceived acceptability of their female partner's use of self-administered intravaginal therapies for treatment of cervical precancer in Kenya.Ecancermedicalscience · 2024Article
- "There is nothing that can prevent me from supporting her:" Men's perspectives on their involvement and support of women's use of topical therapy for cervical precancer treatment in Kenya.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Men have a critical role to play in reducing cervical cancer burden. Yet, there is little information on male involvement in the cervical cancer screening and treatment process in Ghana. In this study, we explore male knowledge and support during cervical cancer screening and treatment in a rural setting in Ghana. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted among a total of 41 respondents to collect qualitative data from cervical cancer patients, their male partners and other married men in the North Tongu District, Ghana. A thematic approach was used for data analysis and presentation of the results. The results show that male partners have little or no knowledge about cervical cancer. Some men provide various forms of support-financial, social, material and emotional-to their partners during the screening and treatment stages of the disease. Some men, however, abandoned their partners during the screening and treatment process of the disease. Men whose partners did not have cervical cancer said they were willing to provide financial, social, emotional and material support to their partners if they should contract the disease. Some men said they were willing to support their female partners but lacked education on the disease. This study underscores the need for cervical cancer education programmes to target Ghanaian men. The education should focus on the causes of the disease, screening and treatment methods of the disease, and, ultimately, promote spousal support during the screening and treatment processes.
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