Exploring the Relationship Between Religious Beliefs and Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among a Female Muslim Sample in New York City
[Thesis]
Shilpa Patel
Kapadia, Farzana
New York University
2018
381
Committee members: Islam, Nadia; Raveis, Victoria
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-438-00484-9
Ph.D.
Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health
New York University
2018
Introduction: Muslims are one of the fastest growing religious groups in the US but there is a lack of research on the impact of religious beliefs on breast and cervical cancer screening in this community, especially in terms of the interplay of religious beliefs, acculturation, and sociodemographic factors that affect breast and cancer screening behavior.
Public health
Health and environmental sciences;Beliefs;Breast;Cancer;Cervical;Exploring;Female;Muslim;Religious;Screening;York