ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2012
Perspectives on preventive health care and barriers to breast cancer screening among Iraqi women refugees.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- Access to Healthcare Among US Adult Refugees: A Systematic Qualitative Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Pooled it
- Preventive Cancer Screening Among Resettled Refugee Women from Muslim-Majority Countries: A Systematic Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Pooled it
- New Checkbox, Now What? A Scoping Review to Guide Health Research among Middle Eastern and North African Communities.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
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- Barriers to Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screenings Faced by Refugees Resettled in the United States: A Rapid Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025Review
- Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African Health Disparities Research: A Scoping Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Arab Cultural Barriers That Influence Muslim Arab Iraqi Women's Breast Cancer Screening Behavior.European journal of breast health · 2022Article
- Breast cancer awareness among Afghan refugee women in Turkey.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
- Barriers and Facilitators Influencing Arab Muslim Immigrant and Refugee Women's Breast Cancer Screening: A Narrative Review.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society · 2022Review
- Examination of Breast Cancer Screening Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs among Syrian Refugee Women in a Western Canadian Province.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2022Article
- Qualitative research in the Arabic language. When should translations to English occur? A literature review.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2022Review
- Willingness of a Multiethnic Immigrant Population to Donate Biospecimens for Research Purposes.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
- Knowledge, Perceptions, and Satisfaction of Moroccan Women Towards a New Breast Cancer Screening Program in Morocco.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2021Article
- Resettled Syrian refugees in Jordan: Survival or health promotion.Nursing open · 2021Article
- Knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms among women in a refugee settlement: a cross-sectional study in northern Uganda.Conflict and health · 2020Article
- Uptake of cancer screenings among a multiethnic refugee population in North Texas, 2014-2018.PloS one · 2020Article
- Using Intervention Mapping to Develop Health Education and Health Policy Components to Increase Breast Cancer Screening and Chemotherapy Adherence Among Syrian and Iraqi Refugee Women in Beirut, Lebanon.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
- A review of barriers and facilitators to mammography in Asian women.Ecancermedicalscience · 2020Review
- Barriers to and Interest in Lung Cancer Screening Among Latino and Non-Latino Current and Former Smokers.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2019Article
- Fecal occult blood test screening uptake among immigrants from Muslim majority countries: A retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada.Cancer medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
Since the Iraq war began in 2003, over 4 million Iraqis have been displaced. Little is known about preventive cancer care in this population, but stark disparities have been documented. The purpose of this study was to assess the perspectives of Iraqi women refugees on preventive care and perceived barriers to breast cancer screening. Interviews were conducted in Arabic with twenty Iraqi refugee women by a bilingual (English/Arabic) medical student, transcribed, translated and coded according to established qualitative content and thematic analysis procedures. Psychosocial barriers, culturally mediated beliefs, and health consequences of war were identified as major themes, ultimately showing what factors, alone and collectively, have impeded Iraqi refugee women's ability and motivation to obtain breast cancer screening. To improve cancer prevention and decrease disparities in care in this most vulnerable population, culturally appropriate health education and outreach programs, as well as further community-level targeted studies, are needed.
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