Defining breast cancer awareness and identifying barriers to breast cancer awareness for women with an intellectual disability: A review of the literature

Susan Walsh; Mairin O’Mahony; Josephine Hegarty; Dawn Farrell; Laurence Taggart; Louise Kelly; Laura Sahm; Maria Corrigan; Maria Caples; Anne-Marie Martin; Sabin Tabirca; Mark A. Corrigan; Elaine Lehane

doi:10.1177/1744629521999548

Defining breast cancer awareness and identifying barriers to breast cancer awareness for women with an intellectual disability: A review of the literature

Susan Walsh
, Mairin O’Mahony
, Josephine Hegarty
, Dawn Farrell
, Laurence Taggart
, Louise Kelly
, Laura Sahm
, Maria Corrigan
, Maria Caples
, Anne-Marie Martin
, Sabin Tabirca
, Mark A. Corrigan
, Elaine Lehane

University College Cork

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Abstract

Introduction: Incidence rates for developing breast cancer are similar for women regardless of intellectual ability. However, women with an intellectual disability present with advanced breast cancers, which often have a poor prognosis.

Method: A structured narrative review of the literature was performed to explore the concepts of breast awareness and breast cancer awareness and subsequently, identify barriers to breast cancer awareness encountered by women with an intellectual disability.

Results: A total of 22 studies involving people with varying levels of intellectual disability informed this review. The barriers to breast cancer awareness encountered by women with an intellectual disability include: lack of their understanding, the role of the carer and literacy issues.

Conclusion: Identifying the barriers to breast cancer awareness for women with an intellectual disability will help to facilitate breast cancer awareness which has the potential to result in better long-term outcomes through an early diagnosis of breast cancer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	491–508
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
Volume	26
Issue number	2
Early online date	26 Mar 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629521999548
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 30 Jun 2022

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Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by the Health Research Board (PDG/2015/2). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2021.

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Keywords

Health Professions (miscellaneous)
Psychiatry and Mental health
breast awareness
intellectual disabilities
barriers
facilitators
breast cancer awareness

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Walsh, S., O’Mahony, M., Hegarty, J., Farrell, D., Taggart, L., Kelly, L., Sahm, L., Corrigan, M., Caples, M., Martin, A.-M., Tabirca, S., Corrigan, M. A., & Lehane, E. (2022). Defining breast cancer awareness and identifying barriers to breast cancer awareness for women with an intellectual disability: A review of the literature. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 26(2), 491–508. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629521999548

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