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. 2010 Mar;102(3):164-71.
doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30521-6.

A church-based intervention to promote informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among African American men

Bettina F Drake  1 , Rachel C Shelton, Timothy Gilligan, Jennifer D Allen
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A church-based intervention to promote informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among African American men

Bettina F Drake et al. J Natl Med Assoc. 2010 Mar.

Abstract

Objectives: This feasibility study developed and pilot tested an intervention to: (1) increase knowledge about prostate cancer screening; and (2) promote self-efficacy to participate in the informed decision-making process.

Setting: African American men are a priority audience for prostate cancer screening interventions to promote informed decision making, and faith-based settings have been shown to be an effective venue to reach this population. Therefore we used predominantly African American churches to develop and test our intervention.

Participants: Participants (N = 73) were recruited, and the intervention was administered by an African American health educator.

Intervention: We developed and pretested a prostate cancer screening informed decision-making intervention based on the Ottawa Decision Support Framework and the health belief model. The intervention included a tool called the "road map," which depicts the potential consequences of a decision to undergo or forgo screening. A quasiexperimental design was used to test the intervention.

Main outcome measures: The main outcome measures were change in knowledge and self-efficacy post intervention.

Results: Prostate cancer knowledge (p < .0001) and self-efficacy (p = .025) significantly increased.

Conclusions: A church-based intervention delivered by an African American health educator is a promising strategy for promoting informed decision making among African American men.

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