The prevalence and predictive factors of breast cancer screening among older Ghanaian women

Akosua F. Agyemang; Agnes Naki Tei-Muno; Veronica Millicent Dzomeku; Emmanuel Kweku Nakua; Precious Adade Duodu; Henry Ofori Duah; Anna Boakyewaa Bentil; Pascal Agbadi

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03838

The prevalence and predictive factors of breast cancer screening among older Ghanaian women

Akosua F. Agyemang
, Agnes Naki Tei-Muno
, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku
, Emmanuel Kweku Nakua
, Precious Adade Duodu
, Henry Ofori Duah
, Anna Boakyewaa Bentil
, Pascal Agbadi

Department of Social Work

Methodist University College Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Foundation of Orthopaedic and Complex Spine Hospital

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Abstract

Public Health, Epidemiology; Women's Health; Health Education; Aging and Life Course; Breast cancer screening; firth logistic regression; older adult women; Ghana.

Original language	English
Article number	e03838
Journal	Heliyon
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03838
Publication status	Published - Apr 2020

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Aging and life course
Breast cancer screening
Epidemiology
Firth logistic regression
Ghana
Health education
Older adult women
Public health
Women's health

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The prevalence and predictive factors of breast cancer screening among older Ghanaian women

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