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Cancer Perceptions And Health Behaviors In Tazewell County, Virginia, Sarah E. Waddle
Cancer Perceptions And Health Behaviors In Tazewell County, Virginia, Sarah E. Waddle
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
Tazewell County is a community the citizens feel is plagued by cancer. This concern was so great the county officials requested a study be done by a local university, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), to explore potential external factors causing these perceived high rates of cancer within the community. The results of the Virginia Tech study found the rates of cancer were no higher in Tazewell County than elsewhere in the state of Virginia. The purpose of the current study was to explore the idea of perceptions and the effect they may have on the health behaviors …