Muslim Women More Likely to Skip Breast Cancer Screening, but Mosques can Help (Newsweek)
Recent research shows that Muslim-American women have routine mammograms less than the female U.S. population as a whole. Aasim Padela, who teaches medicine and directs the Initiative on Islam and Medicine at the University of Chicago, investigated whether involving mosques, the religious epicenters of Muslim-American communities, in education efforts could help improve breast cancer screening rates.
Jessica Firger, Newsweeks, September 26, 2017.
URL: www.newsweek.com/breast-cancer-screening-mammography-muslim-women-670881
