Assessing burden, risk factors, and perceived impact of uterine fibroids on women's lives in rural Haiti: implications for advancing a health equity agenda, a mixed methods study

• Main Authors: Christophe Millien (Author), Anatole Manzi (Author), Arlene M. Katz (Author), Hannah Gilbert (Author), Mary C. Smith Fawzi (Author), Paul E. Farmer (Author), Joia Mukherjee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Uterine fibroids, the most common cause of gynecologic surgery, have a reported cumulative incidence of 59% among Black women in the U.S. Uterine fibroids negatively impact the quality of women's lives. No study has been found in the literature about fibroids in Haiti. We co...