Salman Khlood Faik
School of Nursing, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, USA.
Health Care Women Int. 2012;33(1):45-74. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2011.610536.
In this exploratory study I investigated the participation status in breast and cervical cancer screening of a group of American immigrant Arab Muslim women (AMW). Perceived knowledge of and barriers to screening participation, relationships among demographic variables, health practice and beliefs, and self-reports of traditionalism and acculturation also are studied. Factors including religious and cultural beliefs, economic concerns, and modesty and embarrassment were considered. To reach the goals of Healthy People 2010 (HP 2010), an effective and meaningful educational initiative to raise awareness about breast and cervical cancer of AMW will require specific interventions consistent with their cultural and religious traditions.
在这项探索性研究中，我调查了一组美国阿拉伯穆斯林移民女性（AMW）参与乳腺癌和宫颈癌筛查的状况。还研究了她们对筛查参与的认知、参与筛查的障碍、人口统计学变量之间的关系、健康行为和信念，以及传统主义和文化适应的自我报告。研究考虑了宗教和文化信仰、经济担忧、谦逊与尴尬等因素。为实现《健康人民2010》（HP 2010）的目标，一项提高AMW对乳腺癌和宫颈癌认识的有效且有意义的教育倡议将需要与她们的文化和宗教传统相一致的具体干预措施。
