Evaluation of Arab Cultural Barriers That Influence Muslim Arab Iraqi Women’s Breast Cancer Screening Behavior

Azeez, Shadan Shukur; Andsoy, İşıl Işik

doi:10.4274/ejbh.galenos.2022.2022-5-6

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“…Platforms like Instagram and Facebook expose women to images of idealized beauty, leading to internal conflicts and a stronger desire for cosmetic procedures such as liposuction. Studies have shown that women who frequently use social media and follow beauty influencers are more likely to consider cosmetic surgery to achieve these beauty ideals [ 4 , 5 ].…”

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“…Social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook expose women to global beauty trends, increasing the desire for cosmetic enhancements. This exposure often leads to internal conflicts between modern beauty ideals and traditional values [ 4 ]. The influence of social media is evident in the increasing number of women seeking cosmetic enhancements to align with perceived international standards of beauty.…”

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The Cultural Evolution and Social Pressures of Liposuction Among Iraqi Women: Navigating Modern Beauty Standards Amidst Conservative Traditions

Al-Aibi,

Ismail

2024

Cureus

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This editorial explores the impact of societal transformation on Iraqi women's lives, particularly concerning beauty standards and cosmetic procedures like liposuction. It examines the influences of modernization, social media, and social pressures juxtaposed with traditional conservative values. The transition from repressive regimes to more open, albeit unstable, political landscapes has led to significant shifts in women's roles, with increased conservatism contrasting with emerging modernist influences. The role of social media in amplifying modern beauty ideals creates internal conflicts for women striving to balance these with traditional expectations. The growing acceptance of cosmetic procedures indicates a shift toward integrating modern beauty standards within Iraqi society.

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The Cultural Evolution and Social Pressures of Liposuction Among Iraqi Women: Navigating Modern Beauty Standards Amidst Conservative Traditions

Al-Aibi,

Ismail

2024

Cureus

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Overcoming challenges to breast cancer screening among Muslim women: addressing barriers to early detection and treatment: A correspondence

Ahmed

Mushahid

2023

Cancer Causes Control

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HealthCare Access Barrier (HCAB) framework for the barriers to cancer care during conflicts: perspective from Iraq

Mohsin,

Mula-Hussain,

Gilson

2024

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The Iraqi population has lived under four decades of conflicts, warfare and political instability. The health consequences of the protracted conflict continue to persist. This work critically analyses Iraq’s barriers to delivering and accessing cancer care during the conflicts that Iraq passed through from 1980 to 2017. To identify the barriers to accessing and delivering cancer care services, we used the HealthCare Access Barriers framework, which categorises the barriers into three groups: financial, structural and cognitive. Moreover, a structured search was performed in multidisciplinary databases. To produce a comprehensive body of literature, further materials were retrieved using alternative methods, such as hand-searching and snowballing. The key findings and themes identified in the literature were issues related to funding and affordability (within the financial), destruction and inaccessibility of facilities, therapeutic and diagnostic shortages, workforce and human resources and lack of national guidelines and awareness programmes (within the structural), awareness and knowledge and finally attitudes and beliefs (within the cognitive). These results demonstrated that the barriers to cancer care delivery are complex and inter-related. The financial and structural barriers were particularly intertwined with the protracted conflict, but this relationship was not demonstrable within the findings of the cognitive barriers. We concluded that the barriers facing the delivery and access to cancer care in Iraq are intertwined mainly with its protracted conflict. To ensure that future generations do not continue to pay the price of war, improved reconstructive efforts and further research are necessary.

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Evaluation of Arab Cultural Barriers That Influence Muslim Arab Iraqi Women’s Breast Cancer Screening Behavior

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

The Cultural Evolution and Social Pressures of Liposuction Among Iraqi Women: Navigating Modern Beauty Standards Amidst Conservative Traditions

The Cultural Evolution and Social Pressures of Liposuction Among Iraqi Women: Navigating Modern Beauty Standards Amidst Conservative Traditions

Overcoming challenges to breast cancer screening among Muslim women: addressing barriers to early detection and treatment: A correspondence

HealthCare Access Barrier (HCAB) framework for the barriers to cancer care during conflicts: perspective from Iraq

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