Public Policies and Programs for the Prevention and Control of Breast Cancer in Latin American Women: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer has positioned itself worldwide as one of the main public health problems, especially in Latin America. In some countries, several programs for the prevention and control of breast cancer in women have been developed and implemented on a permanent basis, but there are no public reports on the policies that originated such programs.

Objective

A scoping review of scientific publications that identify the type, extent, and scope of policies and programs for the prevention and control of breast cancer in Latin American women was performed, and the main results were presented in this paper.

Methods

This scoping review was carried out according to the method by Arksey and O'Malley based on 3 fundamental questions about breast cancer prevention and c

SUBMITTER: Ramos Herrera IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9301550 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature