Prostate cancer community collaboration and partnership: education, awareness, recruitment, and outreach to southern African-American males.
Prostate cancer is a significant health problem for African-American men intensified by low participation in screenings, clinical trials, and prospective cohort studies. Ten focus groups were conducted with African-American males and their female partners/spouses. Perceptions and knowledge about prostate cancer, as well as willingness to participate in screening and research studies were measured. Participants had a basic level of knowledge about prostate cancer, and the importance of education was a unified theme. Dialogue with targeted African-American men and their partners/spouses may increase awareness and retention in medical research, while influencing health promotion, education and behavior.
Hughes
Gail D
GD
University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA. gdhughes@prevmed.umsmed.edu
Sellers
Denethia B
DB
Fraser
Lionel
L
Teague
Robert
R
Knight
Bern'Nadette
B
D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology*; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D001364:Awareness; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D008922:Mississippi; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D035502:Trust