Defining and Exploring Modesty in Jewish American Women

Andrews, Caryn Scheinberg

doi:10.1007/s10943-010-9435-7

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“…There are several challenges in evaluating the effects of religiosity and health outcomes. One of these is the difficulty in defining the concept of religiosity and understanding it as a measurable trait that influences health care behaviour [ 17 – 19 ]. Till date, most studies on health outcome and religiosity in Sub Saharan Africa have typically used one general measure, such as attendance at religious gatherings or active religious participation or observance, without recognizing the multidimensional nature of this attribute [ 20 ].…”

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Influence of Spirituality and Modesty on Acceptance of Self-Sampling for Cervical Cancer Screening

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IntroductionWhereas systematic screening programs have reduced the incidence of cervical cancer in developed countries, the incidence remains high in developing countries. Among several barriers to uptake of cervical cancer screening, the roles of religious and cultural factors such as modesty have been poorly studied. Knowledge about these factors is important because of the potential to overcome them using strategies such as self-collection of cervico-vaginal samples. In this study we evaluate the influence of spirituality and modesty on the acceptance of self-sampling for cervical cancer screening.MethodologyWe enrolled 600 participants in Nigeria between August and October 2014 and collected information on spirituality and modesty using two scales. We used principal component analysis to extract scores for spirituality and modesty and logistic regression models to evaluate the association between spirituality, modesty and preference for self-sampling. All analyses were performed using STATA 12 (Stata Corporation, College Station, Texas, USA).ResultsSome 581 (97%) women had complete data for analysis. Most (69%) were married, 50% were Christian and 44% were from the south western part of Nigeria. Overall, 19% (110/581) of the women preferred self-sampling to being sampled by a health care provider. Adjusting for age and socioeconomic status, spirituality, religious affiliation and geographic location were significantly associated with preference for self-sampling, while modesty was not significantly associated. The multivariable OR (95% CI, p-value) for association with self-sampling were 0.88 (0.78–0.99, 0.03) for spirituality, 1.69 (1.09–2.64, 0.02) for religious affiliation and 0.96 (0.86–1.08, 0.51) for modesty.ConclusionOur results show the importance of taking cultural and religious beliefs and practices into consideration in planning health interventions like cervical cancer screening. To succeed, public health interventions and the education to promote it must be related to the target population and its preferences.

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Influence of Spirituality and Modesty on Acceptance of Self-Sampling for Cervical Cancer Screening

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“…4 ), with four studies [ 32 , 38 – 40 ] reporting on multiple countries. Nine studies did not state which country the research had been conducted in [ 41 – 49 ]. The majority of studies were conducted in the UK (n = 85), followed by The United States (US) (n = 46), South Korea (n = 40), Canada (n = 22), the Netherlands (n = 22) and Australia (n = 12).…”

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A scoping review of Q-methodology in healthcare research

Churruca

Ludlow

et al. 2021

BMC Med Res Methodol

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Background Q-methodology is an approach to studying complex issues of human ‘subjectivity’. Although this approach was developed in the early twentieth century, the value of Q-methodology in healthcare was not recognised until relatively recently. The aim of this review was to scope the empirical healthcare literature to examine the extent to which Q-methodology has been utilised in healthcare over time, including how it has been used and for what purposes. Methods A search of three electronic databases (Scopus, EBSCO-CINAHL Complete, Medline) was conducted. No date restriction was applied. A title and abstract review, followed by a full-text review, was conducted by a team of five reviewers. Included articles were English-language, peer-reviewed journal articles that used Q-methodology (both Q-sorting and inverted factor analysis) in healthcare settings. The following data items were extracted into a purpose-designed Excel spreadsheet: study details (e.g., setting, country, year), reasons for using Q-methodology, healthcare topic area, participants (type and number), materials (e.g., ranking anchors and Q-set), methods (e.g., development of the Q-set, analysis), study results, and study implications. Data synthesis was descriptive in nature and involved frequency counting, open coding and the organisation by data items. Results Of the 2,302 articles identified by the search, 289 studies were included in this review. We found evidence of increased use of Q-methodology in healthcare, particularly over the last 5 years. However, this research remains diffuse, spread across a large number of journals and topic areas. In a number of studies, we identified limitations in the reporting of methods, such as insufficient information on how authors derived their Q-set, what types of analyses they performed, and the amount of variance explained. Conclusions Although Q-methodology is increasingly being adopted in healthcare research, it still appears to be relatively novel. This review highlight commonalities in how the method has been used, areas of application, and the potential value of the approach. To facilitate reporting of Q-methodological studies, we present a checklist of details that should be included for publication.

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“…The 10-item measure assessed attitudinal and behavioral aspects of Islamic modesty and was a refined version of our previously piloted tool (Padela et al, 2015; Vu, Azmat, Radejko, & Padela, 2016). In this version, we incorporated several items from a Jewish modesty measure (Andrews, 2011) and conducted cognitive pretesting during 13 focus groups with 58 Muslim women to refine phraseology and item number. Sample question stems included “I always look for a female doctor for myself” and “My clothing demonstrates a commitment to Islamic modesty.” Responses were recorded using a 4-point Likert-type agreement scale.…”

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