A qualitative meta-synthesis examining the role of women in African American men's prostate cancer screening and treatment decision making

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 781-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin M. Bergner ◽  
Emily K. Cornish ◽  
Kenay Horne ◽  
Derek M. Griffith
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
African American ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Prostate Cancer Screening ◽  
Treatment Decision ◽  
Treatment Decision Making ◽  
Role Of Women

scholarly journals Affecting African American Men’s Prostate Cancer Screening Decision-making through a Mobile Tablet-Mediated Intervention

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 1262-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawood H. Sultan ◽  
Brian M. Rivers ◽  
Ben O. Osongo ◽  
Danyell S. Wilson ◽  
April Schenck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
African American ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Prostate Cancer Screening

scholarly journals African American Women’s Involvement in Promoting Informed Decision-Making for Prostate Cancer Screening Among Their Partners/Spouses

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 884-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer D. Allen ◽  
Ifedayo C. Akinyemi ◽  
Amanda Reich ◽  
Sasha Fleary ◽  
Shalini Tendulkar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
African American ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Prostate Cancer Screening ◽  
Informed Decision ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
Care Providers

Routine prostate cancer screening is not recommended but African American men who are at higher risk for the disease should be offered the opportunity for shared decision-making with their health-care providers. This qualitative study sought to better understand the potential role of women in educating their male spouses/partners about prostate cancer screening. Nine focus groups were conducted ( n = 52). Women were recruited from a variety of community venues. Those eligible were African American and married to or in a partnership with an African American male age ≥ 45. Women provide numerous types of support to their male partners in an effort to facilitate participation in preventive health care. While women agreed that they would like to educate their partners about prostate cancer screening, they had little information about screening guidelines or the potential harms and limitations. The current findings suggest that women are eager information-seekers and can disseminate information to men and facilitate their efforts to make more informed decisions about prostate cancer screening. Women should be included in educational interventions for to promote informed decision-making for prostate cancer screening.

Abstract A047: An ethnographic study of African American men's prostate cancer treatment decision-making

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nynikka R. Palmer ◽  
Richard L. Street ◽  
Dean Schillinger ◽  
Janet K. Shim ◽  
Sarah D. Blaschko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
African American ◽  
Cancer Treatment ◽  
Treatment Decision ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Prostate Cancer Treatment ◽  
Treatment Decision Making

Prostate cancer screening and shared decision-making preferences among African-American members of the Prince Hall Masons

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 1006-1013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randi M. Williams ◽  
Nicole L. Zincke ◽  
Ralph O. Turner ◽  
Jackson L. Davis ◽  
Kimberly M. Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
African American ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Shared Decision Making ◽  
Prostate Cancer Screening ◽  
Shared Decision

Evaluation of a Computer-Based Decision Aid for Promoting Informed Prostate Cancer Screening Decisions Among African American Men: iDecide

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otis L. Owens ◽  
Tisha Felder ◽  
Abbas S. Tavakoli ◽  
Asa A. Revels ◽  
Daniela B. Friedman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
African American ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Prostate Cancer Screening ◽  
Informed Decision ◽  
Informed Decision Making

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of iDecide on prostate cancer knowledge, informed decision-making self-efficacy, technology use self-efficacy, and intention to engage in informed decision-making among African American men. Design: One-group, pretest/posttest. Setting: Community settings in South Carolina. Participants: African American men, ages 40 years +, without a prior prostate cancer diagnosis (n = 354). Intervention: iDecide, an embodied conversational agent-led, computer-based prostate cancer screening decision aid. Measures: Prostate cancer knowledge, informed decision-making self-efficacy, technology use self-efficacy, and intention to engage in informed decision-making. Analysis: Descriptive statistics, paired t tests, general linear modeling, Spearman correlations. Results: On average, participants experienced significant improvements in their prostate cancer knowledge ( P ≤ .001), informed decision-making self-efficacy ( P ≤ .001), and technology use self-efficacy ( P ≤ .001), postintervention. Additionally, 67% of participants reported an intention to engage in informed decision-making. Conclusion: Given the significant improvements across all measures, this research demonstrates that embodied conversational agent-led decision aids can be used to enhance the capacity for making informed prostate cancer screening decisions among African American men and increase their technology use self-efficacy. One critical limitation of this study is that most men had received prostate cancer screening prior to engaging in our intervention, so the implications of this intervention may be different for men who do not have a history of screening. Additionally, actual engagement in informed decision-making postintervention was not assessed.

scholarly journals The Connections Between Work, Prostate Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and the Decision to Undergo Radical Prostatectomy

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1670-1680
Author(s):  
Wellam F. Yu Ko ◽  
John L. Oliffe ◽  
Joy L. Johnson ◽  
Joan L. Bottorff
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Radical Prostatectomy ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Prostate Cancer Screening ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Treatment Decision ◽  
Male Population ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Treatment Decision Making

Prostate cancer diagnosis can occur at a time when men’s work and careers are central to their masculine identity, sense of purpose, and family life. In Canada, an aging male population, along with medical advances, has resulted in increasing numbers of working men being diagnosed with, and treated for, prostate cancer. Little is known about the linkages between men’s work and their experiences of prostate cancer. In this qualitative study, 24 Western Canadian men were interviewed to distil the connections between work, prostate cancer screening, diagnosis, and the decision to undergo radical prostatectomy. Data were analyzed using constant comparison in the context of masculinities theory. The findings demonstrated that work was central to men’s masculine identities and afforded financial security, social status, and a sense of personal growth. However, work-related strain and demands were also found to affect participants’ health and distance them from their families. A diagnosis of prostate cancer tended to diminish the importance of work, wherein participants focused on optimizing their health and strengthening family relations. In deciding on radical prostatectomy as a treatment to eradicate prostate cancer, few men considered the implications for returning to work. The current study findings indicate that clinicians and patients should explicitly explore and discuss how surgery side effects may affect work and career plans during treatment decision-making.

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