Demographic, Social Support, and Community Differences in Predictors of African‐American and White Men Receiving Prostate Cancer Screening in the United States

• DOI: 10.1111/phn.12245
• Publication Date: 2016-01-21T06:23:32Z
• Authors: Sabrina L. Dickey; Eileen M. Cormier; James Whyte; Lucinda Graven; Penny A. Ralston
• Keywords: Marital status; Attendance; Prostate cancer screening

To examine demographic, social support, and community factors from a national dataset that influence African-American (AA) White men to receive prostate cancer screening (PCS) via the Digital Rectal Exam (DRE) or Prostate Specific Antigen Test (PSA).A cross-sectional secondary analysis National Health Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) provided sample of AA (N = 377) 971) over age 40 years. Regression with confidence intervals was utilized associated receiving PCS. The Social Ecological Model theoretical framework.Questionnaires NHANES data for this study.Age, education, access health care DRE. Income church attendance only Only had an association income PSA test marital status test.Cultural evaluations PCS behaviors among are necessary decrease disparity population.