Objective. Identify risk factors for Prostate Cancer (PC), preventive practices, and hindering and motivating factors for disease prevention among workers of a public university. Methodology. A descriptive study, conducted with 92 workers who answered a self-administered questionnaire on the variables related to sociodemographic characteristics and clinical risk factors, sources of information about PC, practices related to prevention, and information on the hindering and motivating factors for prevention of the disease. Results. Most (95.0%) participants had one or more risk factors for PC; 68.5% underwent completion of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test annually at the request of the university; 50.0% of participants never performed the digital rectal examination (DRE); the main source of information was the media (64.1%); the main complicating factor for realization of the yearly preventive screening test was the lack of request for examination by their doctor; and the main motivating reason was recognition of the severity of the disease. Conclusion. Most participants had risk factors for the disease, do not perform the DRE, presented difficulties in carrying out prevention, and revealed they do not receive information about the disease from healthcare professionals, which could in turn lead to an erroneous understanding, resulting in hindering factors for practices to prevent PC. Thus, health care managers and multidisciplinary teams should engage in preventive health care for men in order to initiate preventive practices, and clarify any doubts about the disease.Key words: prostatic neoplasms; prevention and control; workers. Fatores de riesgo para cáncer de próstata y aspectos motivadores e dificultadores en la realización de las prácticas preventivasObjetivo. Identificar los factores de riesgo para Cáncer de Próstata (CP), las práticas preventivas, y los factores dificultadores y motivadores para prevención de esta enfermedad en trabajadores de una universidad pública. Metodologia. Estudio descriptivo 416 • Invest Educ Enferm. 2015;33(3) realizado con la participación de 92 trabajadores quienes respondieron un cuestionario autoaplicado sobre variables relacionadas con la cacterización sociodemográfica y clínica, factores de riesgo, fuentes de información sobre el CP, prácticas relacionadas con la prevención e información sobre factores dificultadores y motivadores para la prevención de la enfermedad. Resultados. La mayoría (95.0%) de los participantes presentó uno o más factores de riesgo para CP; el 68.5% se ha realizado anualmente el examen de antígeno prostático específico por solicitud de la Universidad; al 50.0% nunca le han realizado el examen digital retal (EDR); la principal fuente de información sobre CP fue la impresa (64.1%). El principal factor que dificulta la realización de la prevención anual fue la falta de solicitud de los exámenes por el médico tratante; el factor de motivación más importante es el reconocimiento de la severidad de la enfermedad. Conclusión. La mayoria de los parti...
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