title: Patterns of information behavior and prostate cancer knowledge among African-American men.
abstract: The purposes of this study are to explore cancer information acquisition patterns among African-American men and to evaluate relationships between information acquisition patterns and prostate cancer prevention and control knowledge. A random sample of 268 men participated in a statewide interviewer-administered, telephone survey. Men classified as non-seekers, non-medical source seekers, and medical source seekers of prostate cancer information differed on household income, level of education, and beliefs about personal risk for developing prostate cancer. Results from multiple regression analysis indicated that age, education, and information-seeking status were associated with overall levels of prostate cancer knowledge. Results from logistic regression analyses indicated that men who included physicians as one of many information resources (medical source seekers) had superior knowledge over non-seekers and non-medical source seekers on 33% of individual knowledge details. The findings emphasize the need to connect lower-income and lower-educated African-American men to physicians as a source of prostate cancer control information.
authors.affiliation: Office of Cancer Health Disparities Research, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA. levi.ross@roswellpark.org
authors.forename: Levi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Tyra
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dark
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orom
authors.forename: Willie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Underwood
authors.forename: Charkarra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anderson-Lewis
authors.forename: Jarrett
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Deborah O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Erwin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D054626:Consumer Health Information; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires