ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2021
Cultural Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening and Medical Mistrust Among Arab American Women.
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- Identify risk factors affecting participation of Turkish women in mammography screening for breast cancer prevention.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2024Article
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- Perspectives of multisectoral community stakeholders on Arab American cancer patients' needs and suggested interventions.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Factors Associated With Racial/Ethnic Group-Based Medical Mistrust and Perspectives on COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Participation and Vaccine Uptake in the US.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Determinants of Breast Cancer Screening Practice among Women in Indonesia: A Nationwide Study.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2021Article
- Validating the Group-Based Medical Mistrust Scale with English and Spanish Speaking Latino Parents of Adolescents.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFMArticle
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Abstract
Breast cancer is a common cancer among women in the US and cultural barriers and medical mistrust have been associated with breast cancer screening (BCS) rates among minority populations. A heterogeneous sample of Arab women (N = 196) were recruited from across the Detroit metropolitan area and administered a questionnaire. Multiple regression analyses revealed an association between Arab Cultural Specific Barriers (ACSB) to BCS and Group-Based Medical Mistrust Scale. The environmental ACSB to BCS was associated with the medical mistrust-suspicion of HC providers (β = 0.363, p = 0.01), lack of HC provider support (β = 0.396, p = 0.001), and Arab inequities (β = 0.250, p = 0.05). Findings suggest that ACSB to BCS are predictive of medical mistrust for Arab American women. This study illuminates the need to emphasize strategies that will target the medical care system and the cultural barriers to BCS that Arab American women face in the health care system.
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