Clinical trial · Observational
Developing Screening Clinical Breast Examination Implementation Strategies in South Africa
Developing an Approach to Implementing Breast Cancer Screening Using Clinical Breast Exam in the Primary Health Centers of Soweto, South Africa
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The goal of this observational study is to engage with multilevel stakeholders to collaboratively and to systematically develop a suite of strategies for implementing breast cancer screening using clinical breast examination (CBE) in the primary health centers within the catchment area of Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (Bara Hospital), Johannesburg, South Africa. The main questions it aims to answer are: What barriers and facilitators exist to conducting screening CBE in Soweto's primary care setting and what implementation strategies would support CBE in primary care clinics? Participants will: * Allow observation of study clinic workflows * Participate in focus group discussions regarding screening CBE implementation
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
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Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- label
- Adopters
- description
- Individuals responsible for deciding to institute screening CBE in Soweto's primary care clinics (e.g., policymakers, clinic administrators, nurse managers)
- label
- Implementers
- description
- Individuals responsible for actually performing the screening CBE in Soweto's primary care clinics (e.g., nurses, doctors, fieldworkers, clerical workers)
- label
- Recipients
- description
- Individuals eligible for a screening CBE (e.g., women over the age of 40 years from the community surrounding study clinics)
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Implementation Strategies Suite
- timeFrame
- 2 years
- description
- A collection of strategies for implementing routine screening clinical breast examination in Soweto's primary care clinics.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
In order to be eligible for inclusion in the focus group discussions held with screening CBE "adopters" and "implementers," an individual must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Be an employee or volunteer working at a participating PHC OR Be an employee or volunteer working at South Africa's National Department of Health OR Be an employee or volunteer working with a non-governmental organization that performs breast cancer related activities within the catchment area of a participating PHC 2. Be willing to commit to keeping the content of focus group discussions confidential In order to be eligible for inclusion in the focus group discussions held with screening CBE "recipients," an individual must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Be female 2. Be between the ages of 40 and 65 years 3. Be living within the catchment area of a participating PHC 4. Be willing to commit to keeping the content of focus group discussions confidential
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