Associations between Spiritual Health Locus of Control, Perceived Discrimination and Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening for Muslim American Women in New York City

Azhar, Sameena; Wyatt, Laura; Jokhakar, Vaidehi; Patel, Shilpa; Raveis, Victoria H.; Kwon, Simona; Islam, Nadia

doi:10.1016/j.clbc.2021.12.012

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“…Negative religious coping, viewing health problems as a punishment from God (Padela et al, 2015), and fatalistic beliefs have been reported in the literature (Moey et al, 2022). Structural factors include cost (Islam et al, 2017) and perceived discrimination (Azhar et al, 2022).…”

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“…A perceived lack of female clinicians has been found to be a barrier to seeking healthcare for Muslim women, highlighting not only the need for gender concordant healthcare, but also for healthcare providers to make navigating such a request as easy as possible (Azhar et al, 2022; Vu et al, 2016). Religious beliefs in relation to healthcare and cancer screening are complex but some studies indicated that higher levels of religiosity have been associated with delays in seeking healthcare (Azhar et al, 2022; Vu et al, 2016). Negative religious coping, viewing health problems as a punishment from God (Padela et al, 2015), and fatalistic beliefs have been reported in the literature (Moey et al, 2022).…”

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Adapting Participatory Workshops to a Virtual Setting: Co-Design With Muslim Women of a Faith-Based Intervention to Encourage Cancer Screening Uptake

Kotzur,

Amiri,

Gatting

et al. 2023

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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Early diagnosis of cancer through screening can reduce deaths and treatment burden if the people invited participate. Yet inequalities in screening participation remain: ethnic minority groups in particular experience barriers to cancer screening that need to be addressed in order to contribute to improving equality in health outcomes. Community-centred, participatory approaches can ensure that cancer screening interventions are culturally appropriate to the communities they are intended to serve. Virtual participatory research faces unique challenges in building the rapport required for successful collaboration between participants and researchers. This article describes the successful adaption of face-to-face participatory methods to co-designing, online, an intervention using faith-based messages to reduce cancer screening barriers. Based on the World Café method, we conducted four two-hour workshops by video call with a group of 10 Muslim women (29–65 years) from Glasgow, UK. Activities included (i) plenary and small-group discussions, (ii) graphic recording, and (iii) expert presentations. The workshops covered four topics: Islam and health, screening barriers, faith-based messages for screening barriers, and delivering a faith-based intervention. Anonymous feedback questionnaires evaluating each workshop showed the women found the workshops interesting, informative, and helpful. They reported being glad they had participated. Our findings highlight the importance of interactive discussion and low participant burden to optimise online co-design. The workshops created a faith-based cancer screening intervention engaging and accessible to Muslim women.

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Adapting Participatory Workshops to a Virtual Setting: Co-Design With Muslim Women of a Faith-Based Intervention to Encourage Cancer Screening Uptake

Kotzur,

Amiri,

Gatting

et al. 2023

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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“…Early detection of cancerous lesions via cervical cancer screening (CCS) leads to a positive diagnosis and a high chance of cure. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the CCS program has succeeded in becoming an effective strategy to reduce the incidence of the disease [ 2 ]. In developed countries, CCS is widely available.…”

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“…In developed countries, CCS is widely available. However, uptake for the screening is extremely low among immigrant women, including Muslim women, in Canada, the US, and Australia [ 2 – 4 ]. Regardless of religion or ethnicity, immigrant women face barriers to screening related to socioeconomic status, health insurance status, inadequate language skills, lack of awareness of screening test, difficulties in accessing health care services, cultural beliefs, and anxiety regarding screening test procedures [ 5 ].…”

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“…Interestingly, only a few studies have investigated CCS barriers among immigrant Muslim women, with inconsistent results. Some studies found that health care systems, cultural barriers, and religion can be obstacles; however, other studies did not identify these factors as obstacles to screening tests [ 2 , 7 – 9 ]. Muslims represent a large proportion of the population in many countries, including non-Muslim-majority countries.…”

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Barriers to cervical cancer screening faced by immigrant Muslim women: a systematic scoping review

Afsah,

Kaneko

2023

BMC Public Health

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Background Uptake for cervical cancer screening (CCS) is extremely low among immigrant women, particularly Muslim women, because of barriers related to religious values, beliefs, and fatalism. This scoping review aimed to summarize and analyze the findings of previous studies regarding perceived barriers to CCS among Muslim immigrant women. Methods A search of electronic databases of peer-reviewed articles, including MEDLINE, CINAHL, PubMed, and Scopus was conducted. The following criteria were used for the selection of the articles: (a) the study population consisted of immigrant Muslim women, (b) CCS barriers were the main focus of the study, (c) the articles were original research articles, (d) the research was conducted within the last 10 years, and (d) the study was reported in English language. Results Barriers included sociodemographic factors, economic, language, cognitive, and emotional reactions. The healthcare system was classified as a community barrier, whereas culture and religion were categorized as social barriers. Beliefs that becoming ill and dying is the will of Allah and that health problems are a punishment from God were considered to be major barriers to CCS among immigrant Muslim women. Conclusion Access to health service centers and CCS among Muslim immigrant women is challenging. Information dissemination by health care workers is needed to increase awareness of CCS and access to CCS service points among immigrant Muslim women. Physician recommendations to attend CCS also play an important role.

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Associations Between Every day and Medical Setting-Based Discrimination and Religious and Sociodemographic Characteristics of Muslim Americans: Findings from a National Survey

Padela,

Abdulbaseer,

Sad

et al. 2024

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Associations between Spiritual Health Locus of Control, Perceived Discrimination and Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening for Muslim American Women in New York City

Cited by 5 publications

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Adapting Participatory Workshops to a Virtual Setting: Co-Design With Muslim Women of a Faith-Based Intervention to Encourage Cancer Screening Uptake

Adapting Participatory Workshops to a Virtual Setting: Co-Design With Muslim Women of a Faith-Based Intervention to Encourage Cancer Screening Uptake

Barriers to cervical cancer screening faced by immigrant Muslim women: a systematic scoping review

Associations Between Every day and Medical Setting-Based Discrimination and Religious and Sociodemographic Characteristics of Muslim Americans: Findings from a National Survey

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