Review for "A community‐specific framework of risk factors for youth violence: A qualitative comparison of community stakeholder perspectives in a low‐income, urban community"

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Yu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Youth Violence ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Qualitative Comparison ◽  
Community Stakeholder ◽  
Stakeholder Perspectives

scholarly journals Knowledge and perceptions of risk for cardiovascular disease: Findings of a qualitative investigation from a low-income peri-urban community in the Western Cape, South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Surka ◽  
Krisela Steyn ◽  
Katherine Everett-Murphy ◽  
Thomas A. Gaziano ◽  
Naomi Levitt
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Visual Methods ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Community Screening ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk ◽  
Low Health Literacy

Background: South Africa currently faces an increasing burden of cardiovascular disease. Although referred to clinics after community screening initiatives, few individuals who are identified to be at high risk for developing cardiovascular disease attend. Low health literacy and risk perception have been identified as possible causes. We investigated the knowledge and perceptions about risk for cardiovascular disease in a community.Method: We conducted a series of focus group discussions with individuals from a low incomeperi-urban community in the Western Cape, South Africa. Different methods of presenting risk were explored. The data were organised into themes and analysed to find associations between themes to provide explanations for our findings.Results: Respondents’ knowledge of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors varied, but most were familiar with the terms used to describe cardiovascular disease. In contrast, understanding of the concept of risk was poor. Risk was perceived as a binary concept and evaluation of different narrative and visual methods of presenting risk was not possible.Conclusion: Understanding cardiovascular disease and its risk factors requires a different set of skills from that needed to understand uncertainty and risk. The former requires knowledge of facts, whereas understanding of risk requires numerical and computational skills. Without a better understanding of risk, risk assessments for cardiovascular disease may fail in this community.

Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Low Income Semi-Urban Community in the North-East Nigeria

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rufus Adedoyin ◽  
Chidozie Mbada ◽  
Saidu Ismaila ◽  
Oluwole Awotidebe ◽  
Adewale Oyeyemi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
North East ◽  
The North
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