scholarly journals Psychosocial Aspects of Female Breast Cancer in the Middle East and North Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6802
Author(s):  
Haya Salem ◽  
Suhad Daher-Nashif
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Female Breast Cancer ◽  
Psychosocial Aspects ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Female Breast

Breast cancer, the most common cancer among women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, is associated with social and psychological implications deriving from women’s socio-cultural contexts. Examining 74 articles published between 2007 and 2019, this literature/narrative review explores the psychosocial aspects of female breast cancer in the MENA region. It highlights socio-cultural barriers to seeking help and socio-political factors influencing women’s experience with the disease. In 17 of 22 Arab countries, common findings emerge which derive from shared cultural values. Findings indicate that women lack knowledge of breast cancer screening (BCS) and breast cancer self-examination (BSE) benefits/techniques due to a lack of physicians’ recommendations, fear, embarrassment, cultural beliefs, and a lack of formal and informal support systems. Women in rural areas or with low socioeconomic status further lack access to health services. Women with breast cancer, report low self-esteem due to gender dynamics and a tendency towards fatalism. Collaboration between mass media, health and education systems, and leading social-religious figures plays a major role in overcoming psychological and cultural barriers, including beliefs surrounding pain, fear, embarrassment, and modesty, particularly for women of lower socioeconomic status and women living in crises and conflict zones.

Treatment disparities in female breast cancer patients according to race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher S. Bartlett ◽  
Tulay Koru-Sengul ◽  
Feng Miao ◽  
Stacey L. Tannenbaum ◽  
David J. Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Female Breast Cancer ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Female Breast ◽  
Treatment Disparities ◽  
Race Ethnicity

scholarly journals Perceptions of Arab men regarding female breast cancer screening examinations—Findings from a Middle East study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. e0180696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tam Truong Donnelly ◽  
Al-Hareth Al-Khater ◽  
Salha Bujassoum Al-Bader ◽  
Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari ◽  
Mariam Ali Abdul Malik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Breast Cancer Screening ◽  
Female Breast Cancer ◽  
Female Breast ◽  
Arab Men ◽  
Middle East Study

General Electric: how GE worked to transform oncology healthcare in the Kingdom

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan ◽  
Immanuel Azaad Moonesar
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
International Business ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health Marketing ◽  
Behavior Health

Subject area Health Management and Leadership, Marketing Social Causes, Strategy, International Business. Study level/applicability Post-graduates, Practitioners. Case overview General Electric has been operating in the Middle East, North Africa (MENA) region for over a century. GE is committed to corporate citizenship having launched ecomagination in 2005 and healthymagination in 2009. For sustainability, GE believes that both innovation and localization are critical. This case deals with contextualization of breast cancer campaign for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through healthymagination. Rania Rostom, Communications Director, Middle East, North Africa and Turkey region, GE, reviews the campaign implemented and looks at roll-out across the MENA region. The situation is unique, as breast cancer strikes women in the region ten years earlier than the West, and the cultural context does not allow the discussion of the topic in public. One of the peculiarities of this region was the high penetration of social media and its large adoption rate by the young. GE used a unique Facebook campaign to drive awareness on the topic, encourage screening appointments, seek treatment and reduce the discomfort associated with the process. Expected learning outcomes On completion of utilizing the case study as an exercise, students should be able to gain case-specific skills – critically examine the importance of the consumer behavior, health marketing, marketing strategy and aspects of international business in the Middle East, KSA, in particular, and demonstrate this by analyzing real regional/world examples using complex theoretical frameworks; identify examples of best practice and explain the dynamics toward consumer behavior, health marketing, marketing strategy, international business with reference to a range of theoretical models and apply these in a meaningful way to the MENA region – discipline-specific skills – synthesize and critically evaluate a corpus of academic literature and government reports on consumer behavior, health marketing, marketing strategy, international business – and personal and key skills – reflect on the process of learning and undertake independent/self-directed learning (including time management) to achieve consistent, proficient and sustained attainment; work as a participant or leader of a group and contribute effectively to the achievement of objectives in the field of consumer behavior, health marketing, marketing strategy, international business. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes.

Transitions Within Queer North African Cinema

Screen Bodies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter S. Temple
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Film Festivals ◽  
Global Awareness ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
North African ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
African Cinema ◽  
Queer Cinema

In recent years, North African queer cinema has become increasingly visible both within and beyond Arabo-Orientale spaces. A number of critical factors have contributed to a global awareness of queer identities in contemporary Maghrebi cinema, including the dissemination of films through social media outlets and during international film festivals. Such tout contemporain representations of queer sexuality characterize a robust wave of films in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, inciting a new discourse on the condition of the marginalized traveler struggling to locate new forms of self and being—both at home and abroad.

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