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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR
Volume 38, Issue 5, Pages 737-744Publisher
PNG PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.38.5.11
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chronic liver disease; infectious diseases; health disparities; health belief model
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- NCI NIH HHS [K01 CA155417] Funding Source: Medline
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Objectives: To explore knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and barriers to care among patients with chronic liver disease (CLD). Methods: Three separate, one-time-only, 60-minutes focus group sessions were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using an editing style of analysis. Results: In total, 13 focus group participants provided 254 discrete comments. Emerging themes included: negative lifestyles/behaviors, lack of CLD knowledge, negative attitudes/emotions, stigma and negativity, health insurance, inaccessible/high cost medical care, drug/alcohol abuse, and discriminately sharing CLD diagnoses. Conclusions: Participants felt lack of CLD knowledge was a key factor in how patients perceived prevention, risks, causes, and treatment. These findings contribute to the important, yet limited, base of knowledge about CLD and provide a benchmark for future, more extensive studies and interventions.
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