title: To screen or not to screen: factors influencing the decision to participate in prostate cancer screening among urban African-American men.
abstract: While prostate cancer screening recommendations vary, experts agree that an individual should be provided with information and allowed to make a decision. Social factors influencing a decision to participate in prostate cancer screening among urban African-American men age 40 and over were explored. The men in this study expressed an interest in participating in prostate cancer prevention strategies that were culturally appropriate.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Keith O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Plowden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D015142:Baltimore; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D014505:Urban Population