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| Category | Subcategory | Code |
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| Protective behaviors | Change of work time | Activities at night |
| Fewer activities at the peak time of sunlight |
| Activities in the evenings |
| Use of protectives | Wearing hats while working |
| Wearing sunscreen |
| Wearing long sleeves |
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| Hard personal and familial conditions | Loss of peace | Feeling depressed |
| Disappointment and loneliness |
| Misgivings |
| Weakness |
| Loss of work and family status | Loss of status in family |
| Problem earning a living |
| Loss of health | Incurability of cancer |
| Injuries caused by cancer |
| Cancer and death |
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| Social interactions | Demotivation and discouragement | Unwillingness to show protective behaviors |
| Doctors’ prohibition |
| Ineffectiveness of protective behaviors in preventing skin cancer |
| Rejection | Friends’ criticism |
| Being humiliated |
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| Poor social support | Issues with living | High cost of sunscreen |
| Priority of earning a living |
| Family responsibility |
| Negative attitude to protective behaviors | Wearing sunscreen damages skin. |
| Wearing sunscreen hurts eyes. |
| Wearing long sleeves in hot weather leads to red skin or blisters. |
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| Feeling of satisfaction | Feeling healthy by protective behaviors | Feeling healthy while wearing long sleeves |
| Feeling healthy with less sun-burned head and neck while wearing veiled hats |
| Feeling healthy when less exposed to sunlight at the peak time |
| Preventing the development of disease and lowering costs | Saving money and lowering medical costs by timely visits |
| Lowering costs of sunburns while wearing hats |
| Hope to be cured by timely visits |
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| Self-care | Capability of self-care | Wearing long sleeves most of the day |
| Wearing hats and scarves during intense sunshine |
| Reducing the exposure time to sunlight in most days |
| Strengthening beliefs | Attempts to raise awareness and knowledge of preventing skin cancer |
| Attempts to gain information in doctor-patient visits in future |
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| Fear | Fear of affliction | Fear of positive results |
| Concerns about skin examination and diagnosis of cancer |
| Fear of talking about skin cancer |
| Continuous concerns | Disrupted ordinary life due to cancer |
| Loneliness and isolation due to cancer |
| Isolation from family and friends |
| Fear of affliction with skin cancer due to recurrent exposure to sunlight |
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