Assessing burden, risk factors, and perceived impact of uterine fibroids on women’s lives in rural Haiti: implications for advancing a health equity agenda, a mixed methods study

Assessing burden, risk factors, and perceived impact of uterine fibroids on women’s lives in rural Haiti: implications for advancing a health equity agenda, a mixed methods study

Abstract Background Uterine fibroids, the most common cause of gynecologic surgery, have a reported cumulative incidence of 59% among Black women in the U.S. Uterine fibroids negatively impact the quality of women’s lives. No study has been found in the literature about fibroids in Haiti. We conduct...

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Main Authors: Christophe Millien, Anatole Manzi, Arlene M. Katz, Hannah Gilbert, Mary C. Smith Fawzi, Paul E. Farmer, Joia Mukherjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Uterine fibroids
Risk factors
Women
Poverty
Haiti
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-01327-9

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