Perceptions of barriers and facilitators for cervical cancer screening from women and healthcare workers in Ghana: Applying the Dynamic Sustainability Framework.

ABSTRACT: Cervical cancer screening has reduced cervical cancer-related mortality by over 70% in countries that have achieved high coverage. However, there are significant geographic disparities in access to screening. In Ghana, although cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women, there is no national-level cervical cancer screening program, and only 2-4% of eligible Ghanaian women have ever been screened for cervical cancer. This study used an exploratory, sequential mixed-methods approach to examine barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening from women's and healthcare workers' perspectives. These were further informed by the Dynamic Sustainability Framework (DSF), in particular, two domains, namely the practice setting and ecological system. Two convenience samples of 2

SUBMITTER: Boamah Mensah AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12043171 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature