title: Prostate cancer knowledge and beliefs among Black and White older men in rural and urban counties.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the United States. In this report, we describe prostate cancer knowledge and beliefs among subgroups of men and compare knowledge and beliefs with perceived personal risk.
  
  
  METHODS
  We administered a random-digit-dialed telephone survey to 235 respondents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Risk factor knowledge was lowest among rural Black men. Beliefs across subgroups were more similar than were knowledge levels. Of the urban White men, 26% perceived their risk for prostate cancer as high compared to 10% for other groups. Predictors of low-to-no-or-uncertain self-perceived risk included not knowing that age increases risk.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Many Georgia men appear to have low levels of knowledge about prostate cancer, especially personal risk. Educational and counseling interventions might assist such men in making informed screening decisions.
authors.affiliation: Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. ajones@msm.edu
authors.forename: Alma R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shipp
authors.forename: Corleen J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Mary Kidd
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D005845:Georgia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American