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Health-Care Providers Perspectives towards Childhood Cancer Treatment in Kenya |
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| Creator | 1. F Njuguna 2. RHM van der Burgt; A Seijffert; J Musimbi; S Langat; J Skiles; MN Sitaresmi; PM van de Ven; GJL Kaspers; S Mostert |
| Title | Health-Care Providers Perspectives towards Childhood Cancer Treatment in Kenya |
| Publisher | APJCP |
| Publication Year | 2559 |
| Journal Title | Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention |
| Journal Vol. | 17 |
| Journal No. | 9 |
| Page no. | 4445-4450 |
| Keyword | Childhood cancer; health-care providers; perspectives; low-income countries |
| Abstract | Background: This study explored perspectives of health-care providers on childhood cancer treatment in Kenya. Materials and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was completed by 104 health-care providers in January and February 2013. Results: Seventy six percent of the health-care providers believed cancer to be curable. More doctors than other health-care providers had this positive opinion (p=0.037). The majority of health-care providers (92%) believed that most children with cancer will not be able to nish their treatment due to nancial dif culties. They considered that prosperous highly-educated parents adhere better with treatment (88%) and that doctors adhere better with treatment for prosperous highly-educated parents (79%). According to 74% of health-care providers, quality of care is better for prosperous highly-educated parents (74%). Most health-care providers reported giving more explanation (71%), work with greater accuracy (70%) and use less dif cult vocabulary (55%) to prosperous more educated families. Only 34% of health-care providers reported they feel more empathy towards patients from prosperous families. Reasons for non-adherence with the protocol according to health-care providers are: family refuses drugs (85%), inadequate supply of drugs at pharmacy (79%), child looks ill (75%), and nancial dif culties of parents (69%). Conclusions: Health-care providersี health beliefs and attitudes differ for patients with families having high versus low socio-economic backgrounds. |
