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Table 4 Barrier to providing breast cancer health promotion to patients visiting the pharmacy

From: Pharmacists’ knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and barriers toward breast cancer health promotion: a cross-sectional study in the Palestinian territories

  

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

#

Barrier

n

%

n

%

n

%

1

Patients do not ask for breast cancer health promotion

33

16.5

81

40.5

86

43.0

2

Patients do not appreciate the pharmacist’s role as a breast cancer health promoter

41

20.5

52

26.0

107

53.5

3

Patients will be offended if I offer them breast cancer counseling

42

21.0

26

13.0

132

66.0

4

I am not reimbursed for providing breast cancer health promotion

46

23.0

24

12.0

130

65.0

5

Availability of enough personnel in the pharmacy to provide breast cancer health promotion to patients visiting the pharmacy

34

17.0

30

15.0

136

68.0

6

Having enough time to provide breast cancer health promotion to patients visiting the pharmacy

18

9.0

60

30.0

122

61.0

7

Having enough space to provide breast cancer health promotion to patients visiting the pharmacy

27

13.5

49

24.5

124

62.0

8

Have access to breast cancer educational materials

42

21.0

63

31.5

95

47.5

9

The pharmacy manager does not support my role as a breast cancer health promoter

93

46.5

24

12.0

83

41.5