'It's not within my control': local explanations for the development of lung cancer in China.
Health Sociol Rev
; 31(3): 326-341, 2022 11.
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ABSTRACT
Rates of lung cancer in China are rising rapidly, creating an urgent need for prevention. Effective prevention measures require understanding local beliefs and perceptions about the risk for developing lung cancer. This article explores the explanations that Chinese lung cancer patients and their families give about the aetiology of their disease. Fifty-three interviews were conducted among lung cancer patients and their family members at a large tumour hospital in southern China. Participants presented a complex multifactorial explanation of lung cancer associating their disease with risks like tobacco use, occupational exposures, environmental pollution, lifestyle changes, and personal characters. While these are all standard risk factors commonly associated with lung cancer, participants presented them within a larger contextual frame of structural issues that impede their ability to change their behaviours. Using a social ecological model, we demonstrate how China's socio-cultural environment shapes assumptions about the risk of lung cancer with particular reference to work, home, social situations, and the natural environment.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Exposición Profesional
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
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En
Revista:
Health Sociol Rev
Año:
2022
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Article