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E-Patient Counseling Trial (E-PACO): Computer Based Education versus Nurse Counseling for Patients to Prepare for Colonoscopy
Published on: August 1, 2019
Predictors of new screening for African American men participating in a prostate cancer educational program
Janice S Emerson1, Michelle C Reece, Robert S Levine
1Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA. jemerson@tnstate.edu
Background:
African American (AA) men continue to have a greater than twofold risk of dying from prostate cancer compared to Whites.
Methods:
This community-based intervention study employed a quasi-experimental, delayed-control (cross-over) design with randomization at the church-level (N = 345 AA men).
Results:
Logistic regression analyses revealed that the level of knowledge (b = .61, P < .05, Exp (B) = 1.84), the perception of risk (b = 2.99, P < .01, Exp (B) = 19.95), and having insurance (b = 3.20, P < .01, Exp (B) = 24.65) significantly increased the odds of participants who needed screening getting screened during study.
Discussion:
This study demonstrated the need for education, community involvement, and increased access to encourage minority men to obtain needed health screenings.
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