Mehra Shirazi|Joan R. Bloom|Aida Shirazi|Rona Popal
Afghan immigrant women's knowledge and behaviors around breast cancer screening
Berkeley Public Health Division|University of California, Berkeley|Oregon State University|Berkeley Public Health Division|University of California, Berkeley|Afghan Coalition|Afghan Coalition
abstract background communitybased participatory research conducted provide preliminary understanding afghan women northern california view breast health methods results based demographics indepth semistructured interviews conducted 53 nonenglishspeaking firstgeneration immigrant muslim afghan women 40 years older results findings showed low levels knowledge awareness breast cancer low utilization earlydetection examinations breast cancer among participants conclusions findings also suggest significant need communitybased breast health education program recognizes unique social cultural religious dynamics muslim afghan community copyright 2012 john wiley amp sons ltd