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ReviewFrontiers in public health2022

A Socio-Ecological Framework for Cancer Prevention in Low and Middle-Income Countries.

Tomi Akinyemiju, Kemi Ogunsina, Anjali Gupta, Iris Liu, Dejana Braithwaite, Robert A Hiatt

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Tomi AkinyemijuDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States.
Kemi OgunsinaDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States.
Anjali GuptaDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States.
Iris LiuDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States.
Dejana BraithwaiteDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Robert A HiattDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.

Funding

University of Florida Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)P30AG028740 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Stephen D Anton · 2007 to 2026
$22.8M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028740
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer incidence and mortality rates continue to rise globally, a trend mostly driven by preventable cancers occurring in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). There is growing concern that many LMICs are ill-equipped to cope with markedly increased burden of cancer due to lack of comprehensive cancer control programs that incorporate primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies. Notably, few countries have allocated budgets to implement such programs. In this review, we utilize a socio-ecological framework to summarize primary (risk reduction), secondary (early detection), and tertiary (treatment and survivorship) strategies to reduce the cancer burden in these countries across the individual, organizational, community, and policy levels. We highlight strategies that center on promoting health behaviors and reducing cancer risk, including diet, tobacco, alcohol, and vaccine uptake, approaches to promote routine cancer screenings, and policies to support comprehensive cancer treatment. Consistent with goals promulgated by the United Nations General Assembly on Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control, our review supports the development and implementation of sustainable national comprehensive cancer control plans in partnership with local communities to enhance cultural relevance and adoption, incorporating strategies across the socio-ecological framework. Such a concerted commitment will be necessary to curtail the rising cancer and chronic disease burden in LMICs.

Indexed as

Developing CountriesNeoplasmsDelivery of Health CareHumansIncomePovertycancer preventionLMIClow-income countriesmiddle income countriessocio-ecological framework

Identifiers

PMID35719678
PMCPMC9204349

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