Moyo S
Centre for Population Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2017 Jan;26(1). doi: 10.1111/ecc.12493. Epub 2016 Apr 6.
Men in Zimbabwe, like elsewhere in the world, suffer from prostate cancer. Yet ironically, men's awareness of the disease and comprehensive knowledge about the signs and symptoms, screening methods and the age groups predisposed to the risk of the diseases has remained poorly understood. Utilising a survey of 500 men aged between 15 and 79 years, 12 key informant interviews and seven focus group discussions in Mhondoro-Ngezi, the study established that men's awareness and comprehensive knowledge about prostate cancer is very low and marred with misconceptions. Informal sources of communication, especially friends, continue to be the major sources of information about prostate cancer, while formal sources are passive. The aforementioned findings imply that playmakers in the health delivery programmes have an overdue responsibility to rescue men from the catastrophic trap so that they freely enjoy their rights to good health. There is also need for accelerated information, education and communication regarding male reproductive cancers to cater for the future welfare of men given that they are drivers of national economies in their various capacities. Failure to do so would mean that men's reproductive health-seeking behaviour regarding early screening and treatment of prostate cancer will forever remain compromised.
与世界其他地方一样，津巴布韦的男性也会患前列腺癌。然而，具有讽刺意味的是，男性对这种疾病的认识以及对其症状、筛查方法和易患该疾病的年龄组的全面了解仍然知之甚少。该研究通过对姆洪多罗-恩盖齐地区500名年龄在15至79岁之间的男性进行调查、12次关键信息人访谈和7次焦点小组讨论，发现男性对前列腺癌的认识和全面了解非常低，且存在误解。非正式的交流渠道，尤其是朋友，仍然是关于前列腺癌信息的主要来源，而正式渠道则较为被动。上述研究结果表明，医疗服务项目的推动者有责任刻不容缓地将男性从灾难性的困境中解救出来，以便他们能自由地享有健康权。鉴于男性在国家经济中扮演着各种角色，还需要加快关于男性生殖癌症的信息、教育和宣传，以保障男性未来的福祉。否则，男性在前列腺癌早期筛查和治疗方面寻求生殖健康的行为将永远受到损害。
