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Patterns of Information Behavior and Prostate Cancer Knowledge Among African–American Men

Authors: Levi Ross, Tyra Dark, Heather Orom, Willie Underwood III, Charkarra Anderson-Lewis, Jarrett Johnson, Deborah O. Erwin

Published in: Journal of Cancer Education | Issue 4/2011

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.

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Title: Patterns of Information Behavior and Prostate Cancer Knowledge Among African–American Men
Authors: Levi Ross
Tyra Dark
Heather Orom
Willie Underwood III
Charkarra Anderson-Lewis
Jarrett Johnson
Deborah O. Erwin
Publication date: 01-12-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Cancer Education / Issue 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0885-8195
Electronic ISSN: 1543-0154
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-011-0241-z

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