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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.
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  • Rafiq MY; Department of Social Sciences, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, Shanghai, China myr1@nyu.edu.
  • Krugman DW; Center for Global Health Equity, NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
  • Bapumia F; International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Enumah Z; Research Fellow, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Wheatley H; Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Tungaraza K; CIVICUS, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Gerrets R; Oncology, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • Mfuko S; Senior Research Fellow, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Hall BJ; Alliance for Women, Children, and Youth Survivors, Bagamoyo, Tanzania, United Republic of.
  • Kasogela O; Department of Social Sciences, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
  • Litunu A; Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Winch PJ; Center for Global Health Equity, NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
BMJ Glob Health ; 8(8)2023 08.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37580100
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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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Respeto / Neoplasias Tipo de estudio: Qualitative_research Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa / America do norte Idioma: En Revista: BMJ Glob Health Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: China Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Respeto / Neoplasias Tipo de estudio: Qualitative_research Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa / America do norte Idioma: En Revista: BMJ Glob Health Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: China Pais de publicación: Reino Unido