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Kansa talk: mapping cancer terminologies in Bagamoyo, Tanzania towards dignity-based practice
This paper reports and examines the results of qualitative research on the use of local cancer terminology in urban Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Following recent calls to unify evidence and dignity-based practices in global health, this research locates local medical sociolinguistics as a key place of entry...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10432665/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37580100 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012349 |
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author | Rafiq, Mohamed Yunus Krugman, Daniel W Bapumia, Fatima Enumah, Zachary Wheatley, Hannah Tungaraza, Kheri Gerrets, René Mfuko, Steve Hall, Brian James Kasogela, Optatus Litunu, Athumani Winch, Peter J |
author_facet | Rafiq, Mohamed Yunus Krugman, Daniel W Bapumia, Fatima Enumah, Zachary Wheatley, Hannah Tungaraza, Kheri Gerrets, René Mfuko, Steve Hall, Brian James Kasogela, Optatus Litunu, Athumani Winch, Peter J |
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description | This paper reports and examines the results of qualitative research on the use of local cancer terminology in urban Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Following recent calls to unify evidence and dignity-based practices in global health, this research locates local medical sociolinguistics as a key place of entry into creating epistemologically autonomous public health practices. We used semistructured ethnographic interviews to reveal both the contextual and broader patterns related to use of local cancer terminologies among residents of Dunda Ward in urban Bagamoyo. Our findings suggest that people in Bagamoyo employ diverse terms to describe and make meanings about cancer that do not neatly fit with biomedical paradigms. This research not only opens further investigation about how ordinary people speak and make sense of the emerging cancer epidemic in places like Tanzania, but also is a window into otherwise conceptualisations of ‘intervention’ onto people in formerly colonised regions to improve a health situation. We argue that adapting biomedical concepts into local sociolinguistic and knowledge structures is an essential task in creating dignity-based, evidence-informed practices in global health. |
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spelling | pubmed-104326652023-08-18 Kansa talk: mapping cancer terminologies in Bagamoyo, Tanzania towards dignity-based practice Rafiq, Mohamed Yunus Krugman, Daniel W Bapumia, Fatima Enumah, Zachary Wheatley, Hannah Tungaraza, Kheri Gerrets, René Mfuko, Steve Hall, Brian James Kasogela, Optatus Litunu, Athumani Winch, Peter J BMJ Glob Health Original Research This paper reports and examines the results of qualitative research on the use of local cancer terminology in urban Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Following recent calls to unify evidence and dignity-based practices in global health, this research locates local medical sociolinguistics as a key place of entry into creating epistemologically autonomous public health practices. We used semistructured ethnographic interviews to reveal both the contextual and broader patterns related to use of local cancer terminologies among residents of Dunda Ward in urban Bagamoyo. Our findings suggest that people in Bagamoyo employ diverse terms to describe and make meanings about cancer that do not neatly fit with biomedical paradigms. This research not only opens further investigation about how ordinary people speak and make sense of the emerging cancer epidemic in places like Tanzania, but also is a window into otherwise conceptualisations of ‘intervention’ onto people in formerly colonised regions to improve a health situation. We argue that adapting biomedical concepts into local sociolinguistic and knowledge structures is an essential task in creating dignity-based, evidence-informed practices in global health. BMJ Publishing Group 2023-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10432665/ /pubmed/37580100 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012349 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Research Rafiq, Mohamed Yunus Krugman, Daniel W Bapumia, Fatima Enumah, Zachary Wheatley, Hannah Tungaraza, Kheri Gerrets, René Mfuko, Steve Hall, Brian James Kasogela, Optatus Litunu, Athumani Winch, Peter J Kansa talk: mapping cancer terminologies in Bagamoyo, Tanzania towards dignity-based practice |
title | Kansa talk: mapping cancer terminologies in Bagamoyo, Tanzania towards dignity-based practice |
title_full | Kansa talk: mapping cancer terminologies in Bagamoyo, Tanzania towards dignity-based practice |
title_fullStr | Kansa talk: mapping cancer terminologies in Bagamoyo, Tanzania towards dignity-based practice |
title_full_unstemmed | Kansa talk: mapping cancer terminologies in Bagamoyo, Tanzania towards dignity-based practice |
title_short | Kansa talk: mapping cancer terminologies in Bagamoyo, Tanzania towards dignity-based practice |
title_sort | kansa talk: mapping cancer terminologies in bagamoyo, tanzania towards dignity-based practice |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10432665/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37580100 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012349 |
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