Hypertension has been perceived as a common and serious problem in the community.
Lay conceptions have identified hypertension as symptomatic with ambiguity over perceived
symptoms. City life has been perceived as a major predisposing factor for developinghypertension.
City life has been corroborated with pollution and adulteration of food, stress, high fat diet along
with physical inactivity and certain attitudes. The concepts of hypertension were interconnected
and linked to their day-to-day living in the city. Inadequacy of awareness has been acknowledged
and there was a felt need for awareness campaigns and screening programmes in the community.
The EMs of hypertension among the neo- and settled-migrants and men and women were broadly
similar. However, there were slight variations by gender and migration status in the perceived
pathways to hypertension.