TY - JOUR
T1 - Religiosity Level and Mammography Performance Among Arab and Jewish Women in Israel
AU - Pinchas-Mizrachi, Ronit
AU - Solnica, Amy
AU - Daoud, Nihaya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/6/1
Y1 - 2021/6/1
N2 - This study compared mammography performance by religiosity level among Arab (weighted n = 103,347) and Jewish women (weighted n = 757,956) in Israel aged 50–74, using data from the 2017 National Social Survey of the Central Bureau of Statistics. In the Survey, women were asked regarding mammogram performance in the 2 years prior. Mammography performance was 78.2% among Jewish women and 64.8% among Arab women. Among Jewish women, self-identifying as “Very religious” and “Somewhat religious” was associated with lower mammography performance compared to being ‘non-religious.’ The association was in the opposite direction among Arab women. When tailoring interventions to increase mammography performance among ethnically diverse groups, planners should consider women’s religiosity.
AB - This study compared mammography performance by religiosity level among Arab (weighted n = 103,347) and Jewish women (weighted n = 757,956) in Israel aged 50–74, using data from the 2017 National Social Survey of the Central Bureau of Statistics. In the Survey, women were asked regarding mammogram performance in the 2 years prior. Mammography performance was 78.2% among Jewish women and 64.8% among Arab women. Among Jewish women, self-identifying as “Very religious” and “Somewhat religious” was associated with lower mammography performance compared to being ‘non-religious.’ The association was in the opposite direction among Arab women. When tailoring interventions to increase mammography performance among ethnically diverse groups, planners should consider women’s religiosity.
KW - Jewish and Arab women in Israel
KW - Mammogram
KW - Religiosity level
KW - Screening
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85094641605&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10943-020-01097-2
DO - 10.1007/s10943-020-01097-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 33123970
AN - SCOPUS:85094641605
SN - 0022-4197
VL - 60
SP - 1877
EP - 1894
JO - Journal of Religion and Health
JF - Journal of Religion and Health
IS - 3
ER -