Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2011
Department
Community Health Sciences
School
Health Professions
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.
Publication Title
Journal of Cancer Education
Volume
26
Issue
4
First Page
708
Last Page
716
Recommended Citation
Ross, L.,
Dark, T.,
Orom, H.,
Underwood, W.,
Anderson-Lewis, C. T.,
Johnson, J.,
Erwin, D. O.
(2011). Patterns of Information Behavior and Prostate Cancer Knowledge Among African-American Men. Journal of Cancer Education, 26(4), 708-716.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/315
Comments
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article:
"Patterns of Information Behavior and Prostate Cancer Knowledge Among African-American Men," which has been published in final form at 10.1007/s13187-011-0241-z.