Table 2 Perceptions on health, cancer and CRC.
From: Decision-making on colorectal cancer screening in Curaçao - interviews with the target population
Theme | *Quote | *Respondent |
|---|---|---|
Food | Q01. “I eat quite healthy, and I see others who maybe don’t do anything or don’t pay attention to what they ingest in their body. And you see the difference right away, in how vital that person is or not.” | R23, male, 70 years of age, intermediate education level |
Nutrition | Q02. Interviewer: “Do you have any ideas about what can cause colon cancer?” Respondent: “That is something that…well, I speculate is a way of eating. Let’s say, red meat…activates…well, I think sugar as well. But sugar is bad for people, so I believe that it can affect the intestines, I suppose…well I think in the big picture the way of eating.” | R11, male, 63 years of age, high educational level |
Personal responsibility | Q03. Interviewer: “And why do you think that you see it a bit different from [others]?” Respondent: “They have no responsibility.” | R06, female, 56 years of age, intermediate education level |
Health consciousness | Q04. “We don’t even want to go to the doctor for us to be conscious that we need to do a certain screening or a certain test …. So we are not conscious [of] those. ” | R06, female, 56 years of age, intermediate education level |
Q05. “Maybe the younger folks won’t worry so much…But the older folks, yes. Especially when you reach a certain age. I think it’s important.” | R02, female, 64 years of age, intermediate education level | |
Q06. “There are people who don’t feel well and don’t go to the doctor. They don’t go because they don’t want to hear anything, they don’t want to hear.” | R03, female, 68 years of age, intermediate education level | |
Q07. “They don’t want to hear anything bad. They don’t want to hear that I have it or that there is something or even when they hear it, because there’s that also, they keep it to themselves.” | R06, female, 56 years of age, intermediate education level |