Are Religious Women More Likely to Have Breast Cancer Screening?

The study objective was to investigate whether women who frequently attend religious services are more likely to have breast cancer screening—mammography and clinical breast examinations—than other women. Multivariate logistic regression models show that white women who attended religious services f...

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Publié dans:Journal of religion and health
Auteurs: Van Ness, Peter H. 1953- (Auteur) ; Kasl, Stanislav V. (Auteur) ; Jones, Beth A. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2002]
Dans: Journal of religion and health
Année: 2002, Volume: 41, Numéro: 4, Pages: 333-346
Sujets non-standardisés:B Screening
B Race
B African Americans
B Religion
B Breast Cancer
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Résumé:The study objective was to investigate whether women who frequently attend religious services are more likely to have breast cancer screening—mammography and clinical breast examinations—than other women. Multivariate logistic regression models show that white women who attended religious services frequently had more than twice the odds of breast cancer screening than white women who attended less frequently (Odds Ratio (OR) = 2.61; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 1.12, 6.06). The behavior of white women was different from African American women (religious attendance-race interaction term p-value = 0.008); African American women who attended religious services frequently were possibly less likely to have breast cancer screening (OR 0.49; CI = 0.19-1.31).
ISSN:1573-6571
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1021174426609