A two centre study of muslim women’s views of breast cancer and breast health practices in Pakistan and the UK

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Banning, M	-
dc.date.accessioned	2009-12-02T13:32:06Z	-
dc.date.available	2009-12-02T13:32:06Z	-
dc.date.issued	2009	-
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Cancer Education. In press	en
dc.identifier.issn	0885-8195	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/3927	-
dc.description.abstract	Background: Breast health awareness practices of Pakistani Muslim women in the UK and Pakistan is unknown. Methods: Focus group interviews were used to investigate the impact of culture and psychosocial issues on breast health awareness involving 44 women in Lahore and London Results: Women based in Lahore were more inquisitive about breast cancer and held more developed views compared to British Pakistani Muslim women. Conclusions: Women concurred that concise and relevant breast health education is needed irrespective of faith to improve cultural sensitivity and awareness in both Pakistani communities (both males and women).	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis	en
dc.relation.ispartof		-
dc.subject	Breast tumour	en
dc.subject	Women	en
dc.subject	Culture	en
dc.subject	Breast cancer screening	en
dc.title	A two centre study of muslim women’s views of breast cancer and breast health practices in Pakistan and the UK	en
dc.type	Research Paper	en
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