Obstacles to prostate cancer screening in African-American men.
The purpose of this correlational study was to measure structural obstacles to a free prostate cancer screening. The sample consisted of 549 men, 69% who were African-American. The men attended a prostate cancer educational program and were offered free prostate cancer screening at their physician of choice. Structural obstacles that were predictors in screening participation were "making an appointment" (p = 0.02), "planning for an appointment" (p = 0.05), and "reminders of prostate cancer screening" (p = 0.02). The demographic variables of race and marital status were also predictors of screening participation. Implications for health education are given.
Boyd
M D
MD
School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA.
Weinrich
S P
SP
Weinrich
M
M
Norton
A
A
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017010:Reminder Systems; D013022:South Carolina