Appropriateness, acceptability and feasibility of a Latin American and Caribbean code against cancer in Colombia.
Objectives. This study aimed to contrast Colombian stakeholders' perceptions of the appropriateness, acceptability and feasibility of a code against cancer for Latin America and the Caribbean. Methods. This qualitative study used semistructured interviews and focus groups. Three stakeholder categori...
| Publicado en: | Pan American Journal of Public Health Vol. 49; pp. 1 - 11 |
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2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=194015655&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 194015655 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10204989 55OA jtl: Pan American Journal of Public Health issn: 10204989 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2025 vid: 49 pid: 437 pub: World Health Organization artinfo: ui: 194015655 10.26633/RPSP.2025.111 ppf: 1 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Appropriateness, acceptability and feasibility of a Latin American and Caribbean code against cancer in Colombia. aug: au: García-Padilla, Pilar García-Padilla, Dennys Betancourt, Natalia Arrossi, Silvina Espina, Carolina Murillo, Raúl affil: Centro Javeriano de Oncología, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia Facultad de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (CEDES), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France su: Latin America Colombia Health policy Research implementation Cancer prevention Feasibility studies Stakeholder analysis Primary care Latin Americans sug: subj: Health policy Research implementation Latin America Colombia Administration of Public Health Programs Cancer prevention Feasibility studies Stakeholder analysis Primary care Latin Americans keyword: Implementation science neoplasms/prevention & control; early detection of cancer Ciencia de la implementación neoplasias/prevención & control; detección precoz del cáncer Ciência da implementação Colômbia neoplasias/prevenção & controle; detecção precoce de câncer Implementation science neoplasms/prevention & control; early detection of cancer Ciencia de la implementación neoplasias/prevención & control; detección precoz del cáncer Ciência da implementação Colômbia neoplasias/prevenção & controle; detecção precoce de câncer ab: Objectives. This study aimed to contrast Colombian stakeholders' perceptions of the appropriateness, acceptability and feasibility of a code against cancer for Latin America and the Caribbean. Methods. This qualitative study used semistructured interviews and focus groups. Three stakeholder categories were considered: primary care physicians, decision-makers and program managers, and participants from the general population. Data collection followed the four domains of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (i.e. inner settings, outer settings, intervention and participants' characteristics). Thematic areas included knowledge about cancer prevention, clarity of the proposed code and the appropriateness of recommendations. Results. Seventy participants were recruited (14 decision-makers and program managers, 16 primary care physicians, 40 members of the public). A code was considered suitable for cancer prevention; however, decisionmakers, program managers and primary care physicians did not see it as a priority or as significantly more valuable than existing alternatives. The primary care physicians had clear ideas about a code's recommendations for cancer prevention, but the general public associated certain recommendations with healthy lifestyles rather than with cancer prevention. Although participants had a hypercritical perspective about a Latin American code, they perceived it as a useful tool for policy development and for guiding preventive services and self-care. Regarding feasibility, participants perceived they would be able to implement and adopt a code (i.e. high self-efficacy) and considered that it would be straightforward to use (i.e. a tool with low complexity), and they forecasted strong commitment among institutions to implementing it. Conclusions. A code against cancer was perceived as an appropriate, acceptable and feasible tool for cancer prevention that would be compatible with Colombia's policy and health system environments. However, no urgent need for its implementation was discerned, and stakeholders' opinions on relative priorities varied. Thus, careful design of implementation strategies will be key to successful cancer prevention. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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