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01-04-2009 | Original Paper

Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Knowledge and Screening Among Church-Attending African Americans and Whites in the Deep South

Authors: Tung-Sung Tseng, Cheryl L. Holt, Michele Shipp, Mohamad Eloubeidi, Kristi Britt, Maria Norena, Mona N. Fouad

Published in: Journal of Community Health | Issue 2/2009

Abstract

This study examined colorectal cancer (CRC) knowledge and the relationship between knowledge, risk factors and screening behaviors among African Americans and Whites in the Deep South. One hundred and twenty three African Americans and Whites age-eligible for CRC screening were interviewed by telephone survey as part of a church-based CRC educational intervention. CRC knowledge was lower among those with less education, unemployed, Medicaid, Medicare, and less family income. Generally, participants who had more CRC knowledge were more likely to have engaged in screening behaviors. Participants who had a family history of CRC were more likely to have had a fecal occult blood test (OR = 2.55, 0.99–6.60) or barium enema (OR = 3.84, 1.44–10.24) than those without. Whites were more likely to have had a flexible sigmoidoscopy (OR = 4.17, 1.09–16.67), colonoscopy (OR = 7.14, 1.72–25) or barium enema (OR = 6.25, 1.67–25) than African Americans. Church-based CRC screening intervention programs should target African Americans, those with no family history of CRC, and those with less education.

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Title: Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Knowledge and Screening Among Church-Attending African Americans and Whites in the Deep South
Authors: Tung-Sung Tseng
Cheryl L. Holt
Michele Shipp
Mohamad Eloubeidi
Kristi Britt
Maria Norena
Mona N. Fouad
Publication date: 01-04-2009
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Community Health / Issue 2/2009
Print ISSN: 0094-5145
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3610
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-008-9128-2

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