"The disease is mine, the body is mine, I decide": Individual, interpersonal, and institutional barriers and facilitators among survivors of women's cancers in Andean countries. Issue 5 (4th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Johnson, Caroline M.; Molina, Yamile; Blas, Magaly; Erickson, Mallory; Bayer, Angela; Gutierrez, Marina Chiappe; Nevin, Paul E.; Alva, Isaac; Rao, Deepa
• Is Part Of: Health care for women international. Volume 39:Issue 5(2018)
• Page Start: 522
• Page End: 535
• Publication Date: 2018-05-04
• Subjects: Women -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; Women's health services -- Periodicals; Genital Diseases, Female; Neonatology; Obstetrics; Women -- psychology; Femmes -- Santé et hygiène -- Périodiques; Femmes -- Santé, Services de -- Périodiques; 613.0424405
• DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2017.1421198
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0739-9332

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Recent national cancer plans address high cancer mortality in Latin America, particularly in Andean countries. Little is known about which individual, interpersonal, and institutional facilitators and barriers persist, particularly from the perspective of cancer survivors. We conducted 15 semi-structured interviews with survivors of breast and cervical cancers during and after a Pan American Health Organization sponsored conference on women's cancers in Lima, Peru. We analyzed data using an inductive content analysis approach. Patients reported primarily psychosocial barriers and facilitators at individual, interpersonal, and institutional levels. Additionally, survivors provided recom-mendations to refine existing policy to improve the cancer care experience for patients.