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Engagement of Nepalese High-School Students in Cancer Awareness Using a Photovoice Based on the Health Belief Model
Delivering cancer education is one of the strategies for implementing health promotion and disease prevention programs. Moreover, cancer education can help people understand the risks related to specific behaviors that can trigger cancer during later life stages. This study examines the cancer perce...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535983/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682963 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101283 |
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description | Delivering cancer education is one of the strategies for implementing health promotion and disease prevention programs. Moreover, cancer education can help people understand the risks related to specific behaviors that can trigger cancer during later life stages. This study examines the cancer perception of high school students (median age: 14 years) using a photovoice based on the health belief model. Students were requested to take photographs to answer the framework question: “How is cancer present in your surrounding?” A theoretical thematic analysis was conducted to develop codes, and the narratives completed by the participants on the SHOWED checklist were used to create contextualization. With the use of the health belief model, the following factors were determined: risk factors and environmental pollution (perceived susceptibility), symptoms (perceived severity), prevention and screening (benefits), ignorance and poverty, and ineffective laws and regulations (perceived barriers). Linked to these themes, students’ narration demonstrated the risk of developing cancer if the same environment and inadequate regulations persisted. This study highlights the need to incorporate the participation of adolescents in the design, implementation, and monitoring of several community issues to help address several unanswered questions. |
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spelling | pubmed-85359832021-10-23 Engagement of Nepalese High-School Students in Cancer Awareness Using a Photovoice Based on the Health Belief Model Poudel, Kritika Sumi, Naomi Healthcare (Basel) Article Delivering cancer education is one of the strategies for implementing health promotion and disease prevention programs. Moreover, cancer education can help people understand the risks related to specific behaviors that can trigger cancer during later life stages. This study examines the cancer perception of high school students (median age: 14 years) using a photovoice based on the health belief model. Students were requested to take photographs to answer the framework question: “How is cancer present in your surrounding?” A theoretical thematic analysis was conducted to develop codes, and the narratives completed by the participants on the SHOWED checklist were used to create contextualization. With the use of the health belief model, the following factors were determined: risk factors and environmental pollution (perceived susceptibility), symptoms (perceived severity), prevention and screening (benefits), ignorance and poverty, and ineffective laws and regulations (perceived barriers). Linked to these themes, students’ narration demonstrated the risk of developing cancer if the same environment and inadequate regulations persisted. This study highlights the need to incorporate the participation of adolescents in the design, implementation, and monitoring of several community issues to help address several unanswered questions. MDPI 2021-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8535983/ /pubmed/34682963 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101283 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Poudel, Kritika Sumi, Naomi Engagement of Nepalese High-School Students in Cancer Awareness Using a Photovoice Based on the Health Belief Model |
title | Engagement of Nepalese High-School Students in Cancer Awareness Using a Photovoice Based on the Health Belief Model |
title_full | Engagement of Nepalese High-School Students in Cancer Awareness Using a Photovoice Based on the Health Belief Model |
title_fullStr | Engagement of Nepalese High-School Students in Cancer Awareness Using a Photovoice Based on the Health Belief Model |
title_full_unstemmed | Engagement of Nepalese High-School Students in Cancer Awareness Using a Photovoice Based on the Health Belief Model |
title_short | Engagement of Nepalese High-School Students in Cancer Awareness Using a Photovoice Based on the Health Belief Model |
title_sort | engagement of nepalese high-school students in cancer awareness using a photovoice based on the health belief model |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535983/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682963 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101283 |
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