Facilitators and Barriers to Cancer Screening Participation Across Southeastic Asia: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

As the prevalence of cancer cases in Southeast Asia (SEA) increases, understanding facilitators and barriers to participation in and uptake of cancer screening is important. However, to date, no review has been undertaken on this topic. This review aimed to address this knowledge gap.

Methods

The search was conducted across academic databases and grey literature sources. Two reviewers independently screened the results, followed by data extraction. Social cognitive therapy was used as part of narrative synthesis of the data.

Results

Of the 735 studies, 26 were included. Barriers and facilitators were grouped into headings of personal, environmental, societal, and behavioural domains. The commonly reported barriers to participation in cancer screening include

SUBMITTER: Higgins I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11969030 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature