title: Prostate cancer community collaboration and partnership: education, awareness, recruitment, and outreach to southern African-American males.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA. gdhughes@prevmed.umsmed.edu
authors.forename: Gail D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Denethia B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Sellers
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Teague
authors.forename: Bern'Nadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Knight
mesh_terms: 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