title: Health practices of male Department of Defense health care beneficiaries: a follow-up on prostate cancer screening in the national capital area.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess screening for prostate cancer (PC) of male Department of Defense health care beneficiaries in the national capital area. This study was a follow-up of a previous research of African-American men's PC screening practices. In the previous study, 85% of African-American men screened for PC and the determinants of screening were men's perceived "benefits" of PC testing, age, and education. This follow-up study was conducted on 234 men age 52 years and over regardless of ethnicity using a questionnaire and convenience sampling similar to the prior study. Results showed 96% screened for PC; no statistical differences in PC screening and ethnicity; and men's perceived "self-efficacy" and "benefits" were predictors of PC screening. More men screened for PC when advised by their health care providers and 94% of men stated "trust" in health care providers, indicating the importance of a "trusting-informative health care milieu" for men's self-efficacy to screen for PC.
authors.affiliation: Naval Hospital Guam, Family Practice Clinic, PSC 490 Box 7638, FPO AP 96938-1600.
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boyles
authors.forename: Angelo Dewitt
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Quannetta T
authors.initials: QT
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000639:trends; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States