Understanding Regional Risk Factors for Cancer: A Cluster Analysis of Lifestyle, Environment and Socio-Economic Status in Poland

Majcherek, Dawid; Weresa, Marzenna Anna; Ciecierski, Christina

doi:10.3390/su12219080

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Understanding Regional Risk Factors for Cancer: A Cluster Analysis of Lifestyle, Environment and Socio-Economic Status in Poland

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Dawid Majcherek

^1,*

,

Marzenna Anna Weresa

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and

Christina Ciecierski

³

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Collegium of World Economy, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, al. Niepodległości 162, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland

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World Economy Research Institute, Collegium of World Economy, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, al. Niepodległości 162, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland

³

Department of Economics, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625, USA

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Sustainability 2020, 12(21), 9080; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12219080

Submission received: 26 September 2020 / Revised: 25 October 2020 / Accepted: 27 October 2020 / Published: 31 October 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human Lifestyles and Behaviors. Sustainable Environments for Better Health, Quality of Life and Wellbeing)

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To date, no results have been published regarding cluster analysis of risk factors for cancer in Poland. Many cancer deaths are preventable through the modification of cancer risk behaviours. This study explores the multidisciplinary connection between lifestyle, environment and socio-economic status (SES). Cluster analyses indicate that major metropolitan areas and large industrial regions differ significantly in terms of SES, lifestyle and environment when compared with other parts of Poland. Our findings show that in order for interventions to be effective, cancer-prevention policy should be addressed on both local and national scales. While anti-cancer policies in Poland’s industrial regions should focus on air pollution, the country’s northern regions should aim to curb smoking, increase sports activity and improve SES. Policy interventions must target the root causes of cancer in each region of Poland and must account for SES.

Keywords: socio-economic status (SES); sports activity; lifestyle; environment; cancer health policy; spatial clusters

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Majcherek, D.; Weresa, M.A.; Ciecierski, C. Understanding Regional Risk Factors for Cancer: A Cluster Analysis of Lifestyle, Environment and Socio-Economic Status in Poland. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9080. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12219080

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Majcherek D, Weresa MA, Ciecierski C. Understanding Regional Risk Factors for Cancer: A Cluster Analysis of Lifestyle, Environment and Socio-Economic Status in Poland. Sustainability. 2020; 12(21):9080. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12219080

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Majcherek, Dawid, Marzenna Anna Weresa, and Christina Ciecierski. 2020. "Understanding Regional Risk Factors for Cancer: A Cluster Analysis of Lifestyle, Environment and Socio-Economic Status in Poland" Sustainability 12, no. 21: 9080. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12219080

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Majcherek, D., Weresa, M. A., & Ciecierski, C. (2020). Understanding Regional Risk Factors for Cancer: A Cluster Analysis of Lifestyle, Environment and Socio-Economic Status in Poland. Sustainability, 12(21), 9080. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12219080

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