Jones Alma R, Shipp Michele, Thompson Corleen J, Davis Mary Kidd
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
J Cancer Educ. 2005 Summer;20(2):96-102. doi: 10.1207/s15430154jce2002_10.
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the United States. In this report, we describe prostate cancer knowledge and beliefs among subgroups of men and compare knowledge and beliefs with perceived personal risk.
We administered a random-digit-dialed telephone survey to 235 respondents.
Risk factor knowledge was lowest among rural Black men. Beliefs across subgroups were more similar than were knowledge levels. Of the urban White men, 26% perceived their risk for prostate cancer as high compared to 10% for other groups. Predictors of low-to-no-or-uncertain self-perceived risk included not knowing that age increases risk.
Many Georgia men appear to have low levels of knowledge about prostate cancer, especially personal risk. Educational and counseling interventions might assist such men in making informed screening decisions.
前列腺癌是美国男性癌症死亡的第二大主要原因。在本报告中，我们描述了男性亚组中的前列腺癌知识和信念，并将知识和信念与感知到的个人风险进行比较。
我们对235名受访者进行了随机数字拨号电话调查。
农村黑人男性的风险因素知识水平最低。各亚组之间的信念比知识水平更为相似。在城市白人男性中，26%的人认为自己患前列腺癌的风险很高，而其他群体这一比例为10%。自我感知风险低至无或不确定的预测因素包括不知道年龄会增加风险。
许多佐治亚州男性似乎对前列腺癌的知识水平较低，尤其是个人风险方面。教育和咨询干预可能有助于这些男性做出明智的筛查决策。
