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Explore The Relationship Among Lung Cancer Stigma, Social Support, And Psychosocial Distress, Lisa Maggio
Explore The Relationship Among Lung Cancer Stigma, Social Support, And Psychosocial Distress, Lisa Maggio
Theses and Dissertations--Nursing
There is longstanding causal relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Smoke-free policies and anti-smoking campaigns have been linked to the decline in smoking acceptance and contribute to the unintended consequence of stigmatizing smokers. Lung cancer is viewed as a self-inflicted disease and patients’ feel judged in a manner different from other cancers affecting social interactions between family, friends, and healthcare professionals. Lung cancer stigma contributes to depression, anxiety, poor self-esteem, guilt, shame, blame, threatens a person’s social identity, and limits social support that deeply affects patients and their support persons.
This dissertation contains a review of the literature related …
Financial Strain, High Stress And Smoking Among United Way Missouri 2-1-1 Callers, Brandon Cofield
Financial Strain, High Stress And Smoking Among United Way Missouri 2-1-1 Callers, Brandon Cofield
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
Objectives.
We evaluated the influence of financial strain and perceived stress on smoking status among United Way Missouri 2-1-1 callers of predominantly low socioeconomic status.
Methods.
Data for this study were collected as part of a randomized, controlled intervention trial integrating cancer control referrals into regular United Way 2-1-1 Missouri services. Those who consented, completed the assessment and had at least one cancer control need were invited to participate in a longitudinal study that included completing the baseline assessment used in this study. We conducted chi-square analyses to assess the bivariate relationships between each financial strain variable and smoking status, …