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Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 6/2019

01-12-2019 | Breast Cancer | Original Paper

Changing Mammography-Related Beliefs Among American Muslim Women: Findings from a Religiously-Tailored Mosque-Based Intervention

Authors: Aasim I. Padela, Sana Malik, Hena Din, Stephen Hall, Michael Quinn

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 6/2019

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Abstract

Background To advance the literature on religiously-tailored interventions and on Muslim cancer screening disparity research, we report on a behavioral intervention that used religiously-tailored messages to address salient mammography-related barrier beliefs. Methods We crafted specific, religiously-tailored messages and designed a two-session, peer-led, mosque-based educational program to deploy them. t-tests assessed pre- and post-intervention changes in mammography knowledge, intention to obtain mammography, and levels of agreement with mammography-related barrier and facilitator beliefs, while ordered logistic regression models assessed predictors of change. Results 58 women participated, 29 who were South-Asian and 18 Arab. Mean mammography knowledge increased post-intervention. Participants’ overall mean agreement with facilitator beliefs trended upward and there was a significant decrease in agreement with the belief "Breast Cancer Screening is not important because God decides who will get cancer," Discussion Religiously-tailored messages provide an opportunity for addressing barriers to preventive health in a theologically consonant way.
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Metadata
Title
Changing Mammography-Related Beliefs Among American Muslim Women: Findings from a Religiously-Tailored Mosque-Based Intervention
Authors
Aasim I. Padela
Sana Malik
Hena Din
Stephen Hall
Michael Quinn
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 6/2019
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-018-00851-9

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