Improving breast cancer outcomes for Indigenous women in Australia

Vita Christie; Lynette Riley; Deb Green; Janaki Amin; John Skinner; Chris Pyke; Kylie Gwynne

doi:10.3390/cancers16091736

Improving breast cancer outcomes for Indigenous women in Australia

Vita Christie, Lynette Riley, Deb Green, Janaki Amin, John Skinner, Chris Pyke, Kylie Gwynne

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In Australia, the incidence rate of breast cancer is lower in Indigenous* women than non-Indigenous women; however, the mortality rate is higher, with Indigenous women 1.2 times more likely to die from the disease. This paper provides practical and achievable solutions to improve health outcomes for Indigenous women with breast cancer in Australia. This research employed the Context-Mechanism-Outcome (CMO) framework to reveal potential mechanisms and contextual factors that influence breast cancer outcomes for Indigenous women, stratified into multiple levels, namely, micro (interpersonal), meso (systemic) and macro (policy) levels. The CMO framework allowed us to interpret evidence regarding Indigenous women and breast cancer and provides nine practical ways to improve health outcomes and survival rates.

Original language	English
Article number	1736
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Cancers
Volume	16
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16091736
Publication status	Published - 29 Apr 2024

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breast cancer
Indigenous health
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
health policy
cancer health service delivery

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