African-American men and intention to adhere to recommended follow-up for an abnormal prostate cancer early detection examination result

Myers, Ronald E.; Hyslop, Terry; Wolf, Thomas; Burgh, Desiree; Kunkel, E; Oyesanmi, Olu; Chodak, Gerald J.

doi:10.1016/s0090-4295(99)00588-9

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“…African American men (34% of the sample) were the most willing to participate in a PSA plus DRE screening (84%; ref. 38) and, in another study, 77% reported that they would follow-up abnormal results (39). In our current study, being older was associated with having had a recent DRE or a recent PSA test.…”

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confidence: 54%

“…The relationship between age and education and knowledge of risk factors such as being African American is not surprising, suggesting that younger, better-educated men are more widely read and, therefore, more aware of their risk. It is not surprising that knowledge by itself did not have a direct effect on risk perception because intervention to increase knowledge often result in a reduction of one's intention to be screened (39). This may be an age or period effect as prostate cancer was not widely publicized 10 years ago.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Family History, Perceived Risk, and Prostate Cancer Screening among African American Men

Bloom

Stewart

Oakley-Girvans

et al. 2006

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

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Background: Many African American men have two major risk factors for prostate cancer. By ethnicity alone, they have twice the risk of Euro-American men of developing prostate cancer. Having a family history (brother or father with prostate cancer) also doubles their risk. The major hypotheses tested in this study are that men with a family history perceive their risk to be higher, are more worried about getting prostate cancer, and are more likely to have used cancer screening tests than men without such a history. Methods: A sample of 208 African American men, ages 40 to 74 years, were recruited through relatives or friends whose prostate cancer diagnosis was reported to the California Cancer Registry during the years 1997 to 2001 and from churches and African American social groups. Following a screening interview to determine eligibility, 88 men with self-reported, first-degree family history of prostate cancer

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confidence: 54%

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confidence: 99%

Family History, Perceived Risk, and Prostate Cancer Screening among African American Men

Bloom

Stewart

Oakley-Girvans

et al. 2006

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

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“…It has been reported elsewhere that men with higher education (2, 28 -30) and those who view screening as salient and coherent may be more likely to undergo prostate cancer screening, a form of conventional care (28,29,31,32). Findings reported here are similar to these reports.…”

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confidence: 99%

Behaviors Used by Men to Protect Themselves against Prostate Cancer

Kunkel

Meyer

Daskalakis

et al. 2004

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

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This paper reports on behaviors men use to protect themselves against prostate cancer. Data were collected via a telephone or mailed survey from 353 men enrolled in two studies of prostate cancer screening. Respondents reported behaviors they used to protect themselves against prostate cancer, and responses were coded as conventional care, self-care, or nothing. Men who reported using both conventional care and self-care were categorized as conventional care users. Polytomous logistic regression was conducted to evaluate the association between sociodemographic background, prior prostate screening, and cognitive, affective, and social support and influence factors with protective behavior type.The distribution of protective behaviors was as follows: conventional care, 63%; self-care only, 19%; and nothing, 18%. In multivariable analyses, higher education level was found to be positively associated with conventional care use. Perceived salience and coherence of prostate cancer screening was positively associated with conventional care use among men in one of the two studies. Low concern about screening was positively associated with self-care use, as was mailed survey completion.This study presents self-report data regarding prostate cancer protection behaviors. Most men in the study reported using some type of prostate cancer protective behavior. Decision-making about whether or not to take protective action and what type of behavior to use may be influenced by socioeconomic background, cognitive perceptions related to behavioral options, and concern about risk.

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“…Proposed mechanisms involve psychoneuroimmune and endocrine pathways including the body's physiological response to the stress produced by the diagnosis and the disease [12][13][14], as well as behavioral pathways (lifestyle and care-seeking behaviors) [15,16]. However, psychosocial research among PC patients has focused primarily on quality of life issues, PC screening, and/or psychosocial factors as outcomes rather than predictors [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25], with the exception of one study of the effect of psychosocial interventions on survival [3]. The association between psychosocial factors, such as cancer-related beliefs, and survival is understudied, especially in racially diverse male populations.…”

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The prognostic role of cancer-specific beliefs among prostate cancer survivors

Soler-Vilá

Dubrow

Franco

et al. 2010

Cancer Causes Control

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Prostate cancer patients who reported not believing that most cancers are curable experienced poorer survival after adjusting for a wide array of prognostic factors and potential confounders. Future research to identify underlying behavioral (medical protocol adherence, lifestyle) and physiological (immune and endocrine regulation) mechanisms of this association would translate into improved intervention strategies for cancer survivors.

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African-American men and intention to adhere to recommended follow-up for an abnormal prostate cancer early detection examination result

Cited by 33 publications

References 13 publications

Family History, Perceived Risk, and Prostate Cancer Screening among African American Men

Family History, Perceived Risk, and Prostate Cancer Screening among African American Men

Behaviors Used by Men to Protect Themselves against Prostate Cancer

The prognostic role of cancer-specific beliefs among prostate cancer survivors

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