Nasa dugo (‘It’s in the blood’): lay conceptions of hypertension in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Lasco, Gideon, Mendoza, Jhaki, Renedo, Alicia, Seguin, Maureen L, Palafox, Benjamin, Palileo-Villanueva, Lia M, Amit, Arianna Maever L, Dans, Antonio L, Balabanova, Dina, McKee, Martin
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: hypertension; public health; medical anthropology; illness causation; explanatory model; Development Studies; Public Health
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/61; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1060&context=dev-stud-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Introduction: Understanding explanatory models is important for hypertension, a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease and stroke. This article aims to determine what adult patients with hypertension in the Philippines attribute their condition to, how these views might be explained and what...