"Every disease⋯man can get can start in this cab": Focus groups to identify South Asian taxi drivers' knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about cardiovascular disease and its risks Journal Article

   

Authors:	Gany, F. M.; Gill, P. P.; Ahmed, A.; Acharya, S.; Leng, J.
Article Title:	"Every disease⋯man can get can start in this cab": Focus groups to identify South Asian taxi drivers' knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about cardiovascular disease and its risks
Abstract:	South Asian (SA) taxi drivers potentially possess a double epidemiologic risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) due to their ethnicity and occupation. This study investigates SA taxi drivers' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs about general health, CVD and approaches to reduce CVD risk. Five focus groups were conducted with 31 SA taxi drivers in the participants' primary language (Bengali, Hindi, Urdu or Punjabi). Audio-recordings of the sessions were transcribed, translated and entered into ATLAS.ti 6.2 for coding and analysis. SA drivers in an urban setting perceive themselves to be at high risk for CVD because of high work-related stress, physical inactivity, poor diet and poor health care access. Participants attributed their occupation to increasing risk for heart disease; none believed that being SA increased their risk. Interventions to lower CVD risk among SA taxi drivers should be multi-level and involve the individual drivers and the taxi industry. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Keywords:	cardiovascular disease; immigrant; perceived barriers; south asian; taxi driver
Journal Title:	Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume:	15
Issue:	5
ISSN:	1557-1912
Publisher:	Springer
Date Published:	2013-10-01
Start Page:	986
End Page:	992
Language:	English
DOI:	10.1007/s10903-012-9682-7
PROVIDER:	scopus
PUBMED:	22843321
PMCID:	PMC5709044
DOI/URL:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883558343&partnerID=40&md5=ae8f69d681715ddab883480e10f341f5
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