ReviewRisk management and healthcare policy2022
Religious Denomination, Religiosity, Religious Attendance, and Cancer Prevention. A Systematic Review.
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- Exploring the Association of Religion and Religiosity on Mammography Screening Among White and Black Women: Results from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (Elsi-Brazil).Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Disparities in oral cancer screening among Indian women aged 30-49: insights from a national survey.Ecancermedicalscience · 2026Article
- Association Between Risk Factors and Major Cancers: Explainable Machine Learning Approach.JMIR cancer · 2025Article
- Influence of religion and spirituality on head and neck cancer patients and their caregivers: a protocol for a scoping review.Systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Vaccination experiences and decision-making in older adult Korean immigrants living in Canada: A qualitative descriptive study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Assessing the Feasibility of a Faith-Based Colorectal Cancer Education and Screening Intervention for Latino Men in Pennsylvania.Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses · 2024Article
- The Association Between Religiosity, Spirituality and Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Longitudinal Analysis of Alberta's Tomorrow Project in Canada.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- The link between spirituality and longevity.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Review
- Impact of socioeconomic position on the utilization of rehabilitation services among the Chinese older adults disabled by injury.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Recent research highlighted the influence of religion among health outcomes. To the best of our knowledge, there is no systematic review that summarizes the evidence on the relationship between religious factors and the utilization of cancer screenings. Therefore, this article aims to list the findings about the influence of religious denominations, the importance of religion in one's life, and religious practices, such as church attendance on the utilization of cancer screenings. PubMed, PsycInfo and CINAHL were searched using a predefined algorithm in June 2020. We included observational studies that examined the association between religion and cancer screening use and employed appropriate items to quantify these key variables. Study selection, data extraction and quality assessment were performed independently by two reviewers. We detected n=27 studies that fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Hereby, n=16 used data from the United States. Most of the studies that were included in our review found a positive association between religious attendance and cancer screening utilization. There was mixed evidence concerning religious denomination as well as religiosity and use of cancer screenings. The studies suggest that religious factors are related to the utilization of cancer screenings. The findings of this systematic review may be helpful to resolve the underuse of cancer screenings by revealing at-risk-groups.
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