Do immigrants know less than natives about cancer screening tests? - the case of Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Netherlands was one of the first countries in Europe to offer breast, colorectal and cervical cancer screening tests free of charge. Yet, a significant share of migrants in the Netherlands forgo the use of these preventive screenings. Qualitative research suggests, that lack of system knowledge on how the healthcare system operates (e.g. age eligibility of cancer screenings), is one factor contributing to this underuse among migrants. However, little is known about the extent to which migrants differ from natives in their system knowledge and about potential causes of this ethnic gap. The contribution of this study is therefore twofold: First, we examine whether migrants in the Netherlands have lower system knowledge regarding cancer screenings than the natives. Se

SUBMITTER: Arsenijevic DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11363821 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature