Table 7 Determinants of the implementation of mammography screening in the Brazilian public health system according to characteristics of individuals domain

Knowledge and beliefs about the intervention

• Practice of defensive medicine [83]

• Not performing clinical breast exam or cervical cytology [34, 38]

• Lack of awareness about secondary prevention of breast cancer [99]

• Lack of shared decision-making [55]

• Inappropriate requests for exams [56]

• Belief that the exam is not important [34, 47]

• Not engaging in healthy style [38, 100]

• Fear related to the exam or diagnosis [43, 79]

• Women who practice a healthy lifestyle [39, 49]

• Educational initiatives [48, 55, 105]

Individual identification with the organization

• Discrimination against patients [38]

No studies identified

Other Personal Attributes

• Negative self-assessment of health [38, 39]

• Not having a partner [26, 33, 34, 38, 39]

• Having a partner [48, 49]