Research Project: RİSK ALGILARININ, SAĞLIK KONTROL ODAĞININ VE DİNİ İNANÇLARIN TÜRKİYE’DE BİREYLERİN KANSERDEN KORUYUCU DAVRANIŞTA BULUNMA VE KANSER TARAMA TESTİ YAPTIRMA EĞİLİMLERİ İLE İLİŞKİSİ Önerilen projenin amacı, Türkiye’de bireylerin sigara/alkol kullanmamak, sağlıklı beslenmek, egzersiz yapmak gibi kanser riskini azaltıcı davranışlarda bulunma, kanserin erken teşhisi için tarama yaptırma ve bazı kanser türleri için kansere genetik meyilliliği ölçen genetik testleri yaptırma eğilimlerini ve bu eğilimleri etkileyen etmenleri incelemektir.
Loading...
Contributors
Funders
ID
TB.00060
Authors
Baruh, Lemi
Faculty Member
Publications
Let's not tempt fate: the influence of future time-orientation, fatalism, and superstition on willingness to report expectations about future health
(Sage, 2025) Cemalcılar, Zeynep; Baruh, Lemi; Sen, Celia K. Naivar; Kumkale, G. Tarcan; Department of Psychology; Yes; College of Social Sciences and Humanities
This article examines individuals' likelihood of engaging in future health prediction as a function of their fatalism, future time orientation, superstition, and history of chronic disease. Using a multistage cluster sample of 33 urban cities in Turkey, we asked respondents (N = 1,467), to report their past and current health and predict their future (expected) health status (i.e., future self-rated health). While less than 1% failed to report past or current health, 23% of respondents provided no prediction for their future health status. We employed a moderated-mediation analysis to identify the predictors of this avoidance of reporting future health status expectations. Our analyses point to two potentially distinct mechanisms influencing individuals' likelihood of providing future self-rated health. First, individuals suffering from a chronic disease were more likely to have higher fatalism, which, in turn, decreased their likelihood of providing a rating for their future health. Second, more superstitious individuals were less likely to report expectations about future health. This association was moderated by future time orientation such that for individuals with higher future time orientation (vs. present time orientation), higher superstition was associated with a steeper increase in the probability of avoidance of future health predictions. This finding suggests that some individuals might avoid sharing predictions about their future health because they fear talking about future outcomes can invite negative outcomes by "tempting fate."
Beyond a paycheck: the influence of workforce participation on women's cancer screening in Turkey
(Springer, 2016) Baruh, Lemi; Kumkale, G. Tarcan; Şen, Celia Katrine Naivar; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Yes; College of Social Sciences and Humanities
The present study investigates the influence of workforce participation on women's cancer screening behaviors in Turkey. In cultures with predominantly Muslim populations like Turkey, emphasis is typically placed on a woman's traditional role as a child bearer. Although the impact of workforce participation on women's welfare has been studied in various contexts, the relationship between workforce participation and health protective behavior has received scant attention. Using quantitative data from a survey of women aged 40 and above from 33 urban cities in Turkey (N = 483), we examine the influence of workforce participation on breast and cervical cancer screening behaviors. Homemakers were less likely than working/retired women to be up-to-date on screenings. Women with lower income and education screened less; however, workforce participation seemed to have a positive effect on screening among these women. Additionally, working/retired women and homemakers differed from each other in terms of their perceptions regarding their risk of developing cancer (perceived susceptibility). In addition, both perceived susceptibility and women's perceptions regarding their ability to get cancer screening (self-efficacy) were significant predictors of intention to engage in screening in future. In Turkey, homemakers are in a vulnerable position due to lower rates of cancer screening. Furthermore, targeting homemakers for interventions may be easier than trying to identify other low screening groups of women such as those with lower education or income. Interventions raising perceptions of susceptibility to cancer, possibly by targeting neighborhoods during working hours, could be useful in increasing screening rates at risk women.
