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Barriers to breast and cervical cancer screening uptake among Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic women in the United Kingdom: evidence from a mixed-methods systematic review.
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- Sociocultural factors influencing women's adherence to colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer screening: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening, and of Interventions Designed to Increase Participation, Among Women of Black African and Black Caribbean Descent in the UK.Psycho-oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Black women's decisions about participating in breast cancer screening in the UK: a qualitative study.British journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Evolving attitudes towards cancer screening: a 2024 update of UK population views.British journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Cervical Cancer Screening Beliefs Questionnaire: Development and Psychometric Assessment With Immigrants in Australia.Western journal of nursing research · 2026Article
- 'We know what the barriers are, but nothing changes' - Professional perspectives on promoting breast cancer screening initiatives for ethnic minority women.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Caring for the caregivers: breast and cervical cancer screening among informal caregivers of cancer patients - a scoping review.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Burden, Regional Trends and Risk Factors of Breast, Cervical, Uterine, and Ovarian Cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990-2023: The Global Burden of Disease 2023.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Investigating women's motivations to engage in early mammography screening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Article
- Acceptance, experience, and feedback for supplemental screening in dense breasts among women participating in the BRAID trial.Insights into imaging · 2026Article
- The relationship between factors affecting breast cancer knowledge, awareness and prevention behaviors in women aged 20-49 years: the case of Bartın Province.BMC women's health · 2026Article
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- A co-production study of an art-based media campaign intervention to encourage early breast cancer screening uptake among Black women in England.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators of breast cancer screening services amongst black African women in high income countries: a systematic review and meta-aggregation.Discover public health · 2026Review
- Factors associated with uptake of gynaecological care and cervical cancer screening among women in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study.HIV medicine · 2025Article
- Understanding barriers to breast screening: an online survey of non-attenders as part of a service evaluation in the breast screening programme in England.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Communities against cancer: a qualitative study assessing the effectiveness of a community engagement initiative in improving cancer awareness for marginalised communities.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Organized Breast Cancer Screening in Diabetic Women: A Prospective Study Among 100,000 Women from the Grand-Est Region (France), from 2020 to 2022.European journal of breast health · 2025Article
- A Population Survey on Barriers and Facilitators to Breast Cancer Screening Based on the Theoretical Domains Framework.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Intention to have blood-based multi-cancer early detection (MCED) screening among men and women aged 50-77 years from Black and Asian backgrounds: a cross-sectional survey in Great Britain.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundCancer is currently the leading cause of mortality globally, with new cancer cases estimated at 19.3 million and almost 10 million deaths in 2020. Specifically, breast and cervical cancer incidence and mortality prevalence among women of the minority group or marginalised populations in Europe have continued to be a public health concern due to the low uptake of cancer screening. Thus, this study utilised a mixed-method systematic review to identify barriers to breast and cervical screening uptake among Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic women in the United Kingdom.
methodsDatabases including PubMed, CINAHL, British Nursing Index, Web of Science, EMBASE, and Scopus databases, were systematically searched for studies on barriers to breast and cervical screening uptake among Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic women in the United Kingdom published in English between January 2010 to July 2022. This mixed-method systematic review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines in reporting the included studies' results. The cluster mapping approach was used to identify and classify the barriers into themes.
resultsThirteen eligible studies were included in this current review. Seven of the thirteen studies used quantitative cross-sectional research design, while six used qualitative cross-sectional research design. These studies were conducted across the United Kingdom. Five themes were developed from the cluster mapping, and thirty-four sub-theme barriers to the uptake of breast and cervical cancer screening among Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic women in the United Kingdom were identified. The developed themes in relation to the barriers include; socio-demographic characteristics, health service delivery, cultural, religious & language, the gap in knowledge & awareness, and emotional, sexual & family support.
conclusionThe study concluded that barriers in socio-demographic characteristics, health service delivery, cultural, religious and language, the gap in knowledge & awareness, and emotional, sexual & family support were identified as non-uptake of breast and cervical cancer screening among Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic women in the United Kingdom. Reducing or eliminating these barriers would improve the benefits of timely breast and cervical cancer screening in the United Kingdom.
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