Health system constraints affecting treatment and care among women with cervical cancer in Harare, Zimbabwe.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Cervical cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among women yet access to treatment and care remains a huge challenge in Zimbabwe. The objective of this study was to investigate health system constraints affecting engagement into treatment and care by women with cervical cancer in Harare, Zimbabwe. METHODS:A sequential explanatory mixed methods design was used for this study. Phase 1 comprised of two surveys namely: patient and health worker surveys with sample sizes of 134 and 78 participants respectively. Validated structured questionnaires programmed in Android tablet with SurveytoGo software were used for data collection during the surveys. Univariate analyses were conducted using STATA® version 14 to generate descriptive statistics. In phase 2, 16 in-depth inter

SUBMITTER: Tapera O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6852958 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature