Public cancer screening services and participation: What meanings in users' narratives to promote engagement?
Nurs Health Sci
; 26(3): e13146, 2024 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Despite the effectiveness of cancer screening (CS) in providing timely diagnoses and early treatments, the participation of citizens remains very low in particular in Southern Italy. This study aims to investigate the meanings that intervene in the relationship between the individual and their active participation in CSs within public healthcare. A total of 101 ad hoc semi-structured interviews were collected with CS users in public service of Campania Region, Italy. The interviews were analyzed through a qualitative-quantitative methodology by T-Lab software. A cluster analysis and multiple matching analysis were conducted. Findings show five clusters prevention as a sensory and emotional burden; prevention as a strategy to manage the hereditary risk of death; individual's internal demand for health; the times and places of prevention; and the concreteness of doing prevention; and two factors from the risk of disease diagnosis to preventive measures and from external healthcare settings to internal self-care settings. Findings shed light on how to construct better well-being promotion strategies and foster a subjective health and prevention demand accounting for the continuous experiences of those participating in CSs to encourage greater citizen engagement.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Investigación Cualitativa
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Detección Precoz del Cáncer
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nurs Health Sci
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia
Pais de publicación:
Australia