title: Correlates of mammography utilization among working Muslim Iranian women.
abstract: Most countries in Middle East have been successful in establishing and furthering basic facilities for screening, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer. The rate of compliance with mammography screening, however, remains well below North American and Western European countries. We utilized the Health Belief Model (HBM) to explore factors associated with mammography screening behavior among a sample of 320 Muslim women aged > or = 35. Carrying out this cross-sectional study, we found that screening behavior was associated with older age, higher perceived benefit of breast cancer screening, and lower perceived barrier. Additionally, we demonstrate the importance of religious beliefs in influencing mammography screening behavior and explaining the link between religious involvement and mammography behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Education, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Effat
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hatefnia
authors.forename: Shamsaddin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Niknami
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bazargan
authors.forename: Mahmood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahmoodi
authors.forename: Minoor
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lamyianm
authors.forename: Nasrien
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alavi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008327:Mammography / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014931:Women, Working / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data