Behavior, Social Factors Should Be Considered In Addressing Black Men's Prostate Cancer Screening Rates, Study Finds

Main Category: Prostate / Prostate Cancer
Article Date: 30 Jun 2008 - 8:00 PST

email to a friend   printer friendly   view / write opinions   rate article

"Personal Factors Affecting African-American Men's Prostate Cancer Screening Behavior" (.pdf), Journal of the National Medical Association: The study seeks to identify the personal factors that affect black men's decisions to undergo prostate cancer screenings. Black men have the highest prostate cancer rate of any other racial or ethnic group. For the study, researchers from Florida A & M University collected data from two mail surveys of black men ages 40 and older. Researchers found that the "key determinants of intention to undergo prostate cancer screening were attitude, perceived behavioral control, past behavior and perceived susceptibility," and attitude was the primary determinant. The study concluded that such factors should be considered in improving prostate cancer detection and screening among black men (Odendina et al., JNMA, June 2008).

Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/healthpolicy. The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

© 2008 Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.