黑人男性的前列腺癌知识,态度,信仰和获得健康信息的机会
Linda Mermelstein1, Jackelyn B Payne2, Rose Martillotti2
1Office of Community Outreach and Engagement, Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
American journal of men's health
|November 6, 2025
概括
萨福克县的黑人男性需要更好的前列腺癌教育和查意识. 建立社区和医疗保健提供者之间的信任是提高查率和解决健康差异的关键.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 在纽约萨福克县的黑人男性中,前列腺癌发病率和死亡率存在显著差异.
- 有关前列腺癌查的有效教育干预措施的关键需要针对这一群体.
- 了解黑人男性的知识,态度,信仰和健康信息的获取对于设计有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索黑人男性关于前列腺癌的知识,态度和信仰.
- 调查萨福克县的黑人男性如何获得与前列腺癌相关的健康信息.
- 在这个人口群体中确定前列腺癌查的障碍和促进因素.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项混合方法研究,涉及三个半结构化的虚拟焦点小组,其中包括萨福克县40岁以上的18名黑人男性.
- 焦点小组由黑人男性医生领导,记录,转录和编码以进行主题分析.
- 参与者还完成了关于前列腺癌知识和信息偏好的调查;分析了定量和定性数据.
主要成果:
- 即使在相对受过良好教育的参与者中,也需要增加前列腺癌知识;11%的人不知道查的必要性.
- 家庭病史和对死亡的恐惧是查担忧的关键动机.
- 有声誉的网站被认为是健康信息的首选,社交媒体提升了人们的意识;有价值的教育描述被认为是值得关注的.
结论:
- 黑人男性希望加强社区医疗保健提供者的联系和信任,以促进前列腺癌查.
- 需要量身定制的教育工具和计划,以解决特定需求,并改善风险黑人男性的查.
- 这些发现可以指导医疗保健专业人员制定实际干预措施,以减少前列腺癌差异.
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