2023
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289867
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Using the health belief model to understand the factors influencing the perceptions of people of Chinese ancestry about reducing salt consumption for hypertension prevention: A cross-sectional study

Abstract: Background High-salt diets are linked to hypertension. Chinese people in Australia, are at increased risk of hypertension due to the combination of routine addition of high quantities of salt to food during cooking and high salt levels in processed western foods. There is a scarcity of salt-related behavioural studies on this population group. This study aimed to explore the habitual salt consumption of Chinese Australians and factors that influence their perceptions about sustaining salt-related behavioural c… Show more

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“…Data were collected using semi-structured phone interviews. A set of guiding questions was developed based on the findings from a quantitative study on this topic conducted by the authors (AC, SC and LK) [18] and a literature review [19]. The interviews were begun with a general health question, 'Do you have high blood pressure or kidney disease?'…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Data were collected using semi-structured phone interviews. A set of guiding questions was developed based on the findings from a quantitative study on this topic conducted by the authors (AC, SC and LK) [18] and a literature review [19]. The interviews were begun with a general health question, 'Do you have high blood pressure or kidney disease?'…”
Section: Data Collectionmentioning
confidence: 99%