Defining the Need for Dermatologic Surgery Global Health in an Afro-Caribbean Country
Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, Inc..
BACKGROUND: Dermatologic surgery services are largely absent in Africa and in Afro-Caribbean counties. In the USA, studies of people of African ancestry have demonstrated health care gaps, but there are no data for Africa nor a Afro-Caribbean country. Dermatology surgery has been largely absent from global health because there are few data to demonstrate the need. We sought to determine skin cancer tumor types, and local knowledge and perception in an Afro-Caribbean country.
OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether there exist knowledge gaps and whether a dermatology surgery medical missions program would improve the health of Afro-Caribbean people.
METHODS: First, we conducted a survey of knowledge and behaviors related to skin cancer. Second, we analyzed the number and types of tumors treated during a multi-year surgical dermatology project.
RESULTS: In the survey, 62% did not know what melanoma was. Eighty-one percent did not think skin cancer is preventable. Of 163 surgical specimens, 64 were malignancies with 91% related to UV exposure.
CONCLUSION: There is a need for a skin cancer treatment and education program in a country of mostly African-ancestry people.
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2021 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47 |
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Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al. - 47(2021), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 38-41 |
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Date Completed 16.04.2021 Date Revised 14.08.2023 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
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| 520 | |a BACKGROUND: Dermatologic surgery services are largely absent in Africa and in Afro-Caribbean counties. In the USA, studies of people of African ancestry have demonstrated health care gaps, but there are no data for Africa nor a Afro-Caribbean country. Dermatology surgery has been largely absent from global health because there are few data to demonstrate the need. We sought to determine skin cancer tumor types, and local knowledge and perception in an Afro-Caribbean country | ||
| 520 | |a OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether there exist knowledge gaps and whether a dermatology surgery medical missions program would improve the health of Afro-Caribbean people | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: First, we conducted a survey of knowledge and behaviors related to skin cancer. Second, we analyzed the number and types of tumors treated during a multi-year surgical dermatology project | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: In the survey, 62% did not know what melanoma was. Eighty-one percent did not think skin cancer is preventable. Of 163 surgical specimens, 64 were malignancies with 91% related to UV exposure | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSION: There is a need for a skin cancer treatment and education program in a country of mostly African-ancestry people | ||
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