Are religious women more likely to have breast cancer screening?

2025-01-02 Classification：Religion Click()
Author：Van Ness, PH; Kasl, SV; Jones, BA

Article Title：Are religious women more likely to have breast cancer screening?

Abstract：
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).

Keywords: breast cancer; religion; screening; race; African Americans

DOI: 10.1023/A:1021174426609

Source：JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH

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