Barriers to Cancer Screening Among Orthodox Jewish Women

Lesion Evaluation, Screening and Identification of Oral Neoplasia Study: an assessment of high‐risk Australian populations

“…Embarrassment and low self-efficacy has also been cited as a common barrier for participation in other screening programmes, including bowel and breast cancer (41,45,46). Additionally, an unwillingness to discover disease or receiving 'bad news' is a common barrier to screening uptake and has been reported for cancers of other sites (47)(48)(49). Among the participants in the present study, a number of patients wished not to be advised if any disease was detected during the examination, however, expressed a desire to contribute to research.…”

The Impact of Nursing Students’ Cultural Diversity on the Intention and Attitudes Toward the Use of Information Technology

“…Ultraorthodox Jews resist change and innovation and experience a sense of spiritual and existential threat from the secular society (Simhi et al, 2013); they fear not being able to overcome the cultural “assault” of modern secular society, which explains their reluctance to take part in socialization mechanisms (Freund & Winterstein, 2013). They are a self-secluding group, who live in insular and segregated communities, separating themselves from the larger society (Baum et al, 2014; Freund & Winterstein, 2013; Tkatch et al, 2014).…”

“…Attitudes about the Internet among ultraorthodox Jews range from hesitant acceptance to principled rejection. It is perceived as a hazardous medium that may expose community members to dangerous content that threatens traditional values (Lev-On & Neriya-Ben Shahar, 2011; Tkatch et al, 2014). Lev-On and Neriya-Ben Shahar (2011) found that ultraorthodox women perceive the Internet as harmful and dangerous to the ultraorthodox lifestyle; however, a gap was found between ideology and actual practice.…”

The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas

“…The stigma associated with cancer varies across religions and related cultures. Although women who are members of ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities are at heightened risk for both breast and ovarian cancer due to an increased probability of being carriers of certain genes associated with these cancers given their Eastern and Central European ancestry, they tend to have low screening rates, low health literacy, and poor health practices because of the stigmatization of cancer in these communities [105]. Fears that a diagnosis of breast cancer will dim prospects for arranged marriages have been shown to discourage single Muslim women from accessing treatment for breast cancer in Pakistan [106].…”