title: Barriers to planning and conducting a screening: prostate cancer.
abstract: African American men participated in a screening initiative and completed the 22-item Barriers to Prostate Cancer Screening Checklist. Forty-three men received a digital rectal exam (DRE) and prostate specific antigen (PSA) laboratory test. The age of the males was M = 56.4 (range = 45-76) years; 47% were compliant with the American Cancer Society annual screening guidelines for high-risk individuals. Nineteen men from the screened group completed a 22-item Response to Barriers Checklist. The barrier ranked a "big problem" for not getting a prostate exam, and the highest by 32% (n = 6) of the sample was "Too many things going on in their lives." The lowest ranked problem by 100% of the participants was "Takes too long to get an appointment." Two individuals reported taking the over-the-counter supplement, saw palmetto. It is important that when planning a health screening in the community, both barriers and advantages be evaluated during the planning and before the implementation phase of the project.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing, Austin, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Graham J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: McDougall
authors.forename: Mary Louise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Wayne F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Voelmeck
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D006277:Health Fairs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013781:Texas