title: Defining and exploring modesty in Jewish American women.
abstract: Whether culture-based modesty may be a barrier to women's health care has been a longstanding question. Numerous studies have noted that, in certain cultures, modesty is considered a barrier to mammography screening and breast feeding. Though modesty has been noted as an inherent aspect of the lived experience of many cultures, no extant measures or clear definitions were found. Jewish women, some having strict rules regarding modesty, were sampled to understand their definition of modesty. These perspectives were objectively analyzed using Q methodology. We found that although some perspectives on modesty may be accounted for by culture, there are others that are not.
authors.affiliation: Alvin & Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute, Northwest Hospital Center, 5401 Old Court Rd., Randallstown, MD 21133, USA. candrews613@gmail.com
authors.forename: Caryn Scheinberg
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology*; D007599:Judaism / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology*; D012938:Social Perception; D012945:Social Values / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D055815:Young Adult