artículo
Mammogram screening in Chile: Using mixed methods to implement health policy planning at the primary care level
Fecha
2011Registro en:
10.1016/j.breast.2011.02.002
1532-3080
0960-9776
MEDLINE:21334897
WOS:000290194000007
Autor
Puschel, Klaus
Thompson, Beti
Institución
Resumen
Breast cancer has the highest incidence of all cancers among women in Chile. In 2005, a national health program progressively introduced free mammography screening for women aged 50 and older: however, three years later the rates of compliance with mammographic screening was only 12% in Santiago, the capital city of Chile. This implementation article combines the findings of two previous studies that applied qualitative and quantitative methods to improve mammography screening in an area of Santiago. Socio-cultural and accessibility factors were identified as barriers and facilitators during the qualitative phase of the study and then applied to the design of a quantitative randomized clinical trial. After six months of intervention, 6% of women in the standard care group, 51.8% in the low intensity intervention group, and 70.1% in the high intensity intervention group had undergone a screening mammogram. This review discusses how the utilization of mixed methods research can contribute to the improvement of the implementation of health policies in local communities. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.