Nasir Javidi, Mostafa Ghanei, Khodabakhsh Ahmadi, Mohammad Javad Ahmadizadeh, Abbas Ebadi
Indicators of Intellectual Thinking as Healthy Thinking and Its Relation with Health-Promoting Lifestyle: A New Perspective in Clinical Psychology and Public Health
Iranian journal of public health
globally cancer major public health problem paucity information regarding stigma affects cancer survivors quality life qol kenya recent report globocan 42116 new cases 27072 fatalities related cancer documented kenya 2020 cancer survivors likely suffer physical psychological disorders result poor qol purpose study evaluate knowledge attitudes beliefs regarding stigma associated disease well affects qol among cohort cancer survivors supported kilele health association research used crosssectional design quantitative qualitative methods study enrolled 45 cancer survivors cohort participating kilele health association kha survivors program quantitative data coded analyzed using 26th version statistical package social sciences spss utilizing content analysis qualitative data thematically evaluated accordance studys goals key measures generated transcripts organized themes subthemes participants mean age 4455 989 years fortytwo participants completed survey thus included analysis cancer survivors reported experiencing low levels stigma across following dimensions awkwardness 251 075 severity 322 129 financial discrimination 277 117 personal responsibility 19 138 avoidance 138 068 policy level stigmatization 509 170 awareness raising 9762 using communication channels 9524 advocacy lobbying 9286 commonly stated strategies change peoples attitudes terms interventions reduce stigma improve qol respondents study showed low levels stigma may due support receive kilele health association strategic steps advocacy publicity education required end stigmatization promote awareness pique peoples interest cancer survivorship research larger sample size cancer survivors various settings warranted