A Community-Based Prostate Cancer Screening and Education Program for Asian American Men in Medically Underserved Communities.


Journal

International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
28 Mar 2024
Historique:
received: 08 02 2024
revised: 12 03 2024
accepted: 20 03 2024
medline: 27 4 2024
pubmed: 27 4 2024
entrez: 27 4 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

This study analyzed data from a community-based prostate cancer (PCa) education and screening program (Prostate Outreach Project; POP) to enhance PCa-related knowledge among medically underserved Asian American men. It also examined PCa screening history, clinical abnormalities based on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests and digital rectal examination (DRE) results, and follow-up and PCa diagnosis rates. Participants-521 Asian men (251 Vietnamese, 142 Chinese, and 128 South Asians)-were offered PCa screening using PSA tests and/or DRE and an educational session on PCa. Of these men, 277 completed PCa-related knowledge surveys before and after viewing an educational video. Significant between-group differences in PCa-related knowledge were found at pre-assessment (

Identifiants

pubmed: 38673327
pii: ijerph21040415
doi: 10.3390/ijerph21040415
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Prostate-Specific Antigen EC 3.4.21.77

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Subventions

Organisme : CDC HHS
ID : U48CCU06195155
Pays : United States
Organisme : HHS
ID : H75CCH624031
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : P30CA016672
Pays : United States

Auteurs

Dalnim Cho (D)

Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Beverly Gor (B)

Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Hyunsoo Hwang (H)

Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Xuemei Wang (X)

Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Mike Hernandez (M)

Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Lovell A Jones (LA)

Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Jacqueline Frost (J)

Department of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Pamela Roberson (P)

Department of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Curtis A Pettaway (CA)

Department of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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