Exploring the Relationship Between Religious Beliefs and Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among a Female Muslim Sample in New York City
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[Thesis]
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Shilpa Patel
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Kapadia, Farzana
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2018
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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381
GENERAL NOTES
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Committee members: Islam, Nadia; Raveis, Victoria
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-438-00484-9
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health
Body granting the degree
New York University
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2018
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Public health
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Subject Term
Health and environmental sciences;Beliefs;Breast;Cancer;Cervical;Exploring;Female;Muslim;Religious;Screening;York