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✅   Spousal perceptions and their role in promoting breast cancer screening: a focus group study

Health

Objectives To explore husbands’ views on breast cancer screening, risk-based screening and their role in influencing their wives’ health-seeking behaviours. Design Qualitative focus group discussion (FGD) supplemented by quantitative data from a cohort study using a structured questionnaire. Setting This study was conducted in a community-based setting, with participants recruited online through non-profit organisations via social media and email. Participants Nineteen husbands of women without breast cancer history participated. The questionnaire data were completed by 3395 women with no breast cancer history. Interventions Not applicable. Primary and secondary outcome measures Not applicable. Results Six key themes emerged from FGDs regarding husbands’ attitudes towards women’s breast cancer screening practices: awareness, priorities, social ...

BMJ     Mar 17, 2025