COMMUNICATING PERCEIVED BARRIERS TO ADOPTING NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER PREVENTIVE BEHAVIOUR
The study investigated how the public communicate their perceived barriers to adopting the preventive behaviour to minimise risk of Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC), also known as nose and throat cancer. The study involved 65 participants living in Kuching and Samarahan divisions of Sarawak, Malays...
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my.unimas.ir.367842023-10-13T02:41:32Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36784/ COMMUNICATING PERCEIVED BARRIERS TO ADOPTING NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER PREVENTIVE BEHAVIOUR Ho, Jia Yiing Ting, Su Hie Yuwana, Podin P Philology. Linguistics The study investigated how the public communicate their perceived barriers to adopting the preventive behaviour to minimise risk of Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC), also known as nose and throat cancer. The study involved 65 participants living in Kuching and Samarahan divisions of Sarawak, Malaysia. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore their perceived barriers after reading an NPC pamphlet produced by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. The participants reported that living a healthy lifestyle is more difficult than consulting a doctor. A total of 19% participants reported that living a healthy lifestyle is hard, 29% remained indifferent and 52% found it easy. They knew NPC risk could be minimised by reducing smoking, following a healthy diet and exercising. However, the main perceived barrier was a lack of discipline. For 69% of the participants, seeing a doctor about NPC was not a barrier, but the remaining participants fear of facing the truth and the pain of the cancer screening. The findings suggest that in the context of NPC, recommendations to consult doctors should be more visibly worded to attract the public’s attention and to motivate action to seek medical treatment. 2021 Proceeding PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36784/1/Su-Hie%20Ting.pdf Ho, Jia Yiing and Ting, Su Hie and Yuwana, Podin (2021) COMMUNICATING PERCEIVED BARRIERS TO ADOPTING NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER PREVENTIVE BEHAVIOUR. In: International Conference on Language Studies 2021, 08-09 September 2021, UNIMAS. |
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The study investigated how the public communicate their perceived barriers to adopting
the preventive behaviour to minimise risk of Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC), also known
as nose and throat cancer. The study involved 65 participants living in Kuching and
Samarahan divisions of Sarawak, Malaysia. Semi-structured interviews were conducted
to explore their perceived barriers after reading an NPC pamphlet produced by the
Ministry of Health, Malaysia. The participants reported that living a healthy lifestyle is
more difficult than consulting a doctor. A total of 19% participants reported that living a
healthy lifestyle is hard, 29% remained indifferent and 52% found it easy. They knew
NPC risk could be minimised by reducing smoking, following a healthy diet and
exercising. However, the main perceived barrier was a lack of discipline. For 69% of the
participants, seeing a doctor about NPC was not a barrier, but the remaining
participants fear of facing the truth and the pain of the cancer screening. The findings
suggest that in the context of NPC, recommendations to consult doctors should be more
visibly worded to attract the public’s attention and to motivate action to seek medical
treatment. |
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COMMUNICATING PERCEIVED BARRIERS TO ADOPTING NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER PREVENTIVE BEHAVIOUR |
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COMMUNICATING PERCEIVED BARRIERS TO ADOPTING NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER PREVENTIVE BEHAVIOUR |
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