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Investigaciones Andina
versión impresa ISSN 0124-8146
Resumen
GARCES PALACIO, Isabel y ROCHA BUELVAS, Anderson. BARRIERS TO EARLY DETECTION OF CERVICAL CANCER IN COLOMBIA: A NARRATIVE REVIEW. Investig. andina [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.33, pp.1647-1664. Epub 16-Jun-2015. ISSN 0124-8146.
Objective.
To identify socio-cultural, psychological, health system and accessibility barriers that prevents early diagnosis of cervical cancer in Colombian women according to existing literature.
Methods.
An update between January 2003 and June 2014. The search was conducted on the information sources: PubMed, LILACS, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, Cancer Library, CANCER Mondial, Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Repositories.
Results.
Of 40 publications, 22 Colombian research results were included. Finally, 10 studies concerning socio-cultural barriers were included, 1 to psychological barriers, 12 to barriers of health and access systems.
Conclusions.
Few studies that demonstrated the existence of barriers related to the opportunity to make decisions and take actions, access to health care and quality of health care for cervical cancer in Colombia were found.
Palabras clave : uterine cervical neoplasms; health services accessibility; early detection of cancer; women's health services; developing countries; cultural characteristics (DeCS).
