Health Risk, Behavior and Attitudes of Urban African American Men Toward Prostate Cancer Screening

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dc.contributor.advisorSue Lurie
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKristine Lykens
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSejong Bae
dc.creatorSamuel, Prattus
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:12:52Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:12:52Z
dc.date.issued2006-05-01
dc.date.submitted2014-03-31T08:48:16-07:00
dc.description.abstractSamuel, Prauttus K., Health Risk, Behavior and Attitudes of Urban African American Men Toward Prostate Screening. Master of Public Health (Community Health), May 20, 2006, 84 pp., 10 tables, 1 illustration, 72 references. In Texas, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among non-Hispanic whites and African American (AA) males. This thesis addresses the research questions: what psycho-social characteristics associated with men who participate in prostate screening? What psycho-social and clinical characteristics are associated with reported risk factors? Focus groups were conducted to identify attitudes, perceptions and health beliefs of African American men’s early detection behavior. Existing data from a prostate screening program in Dallas County, Texas was analyzed to determine associations of demographic variables, risk factors variables and screening participation for each subgroup with AA as the group of interest. Comparison of responses and data analysis provided the framework for a conceptual model.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29160
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectCancer Biology
dc.subjectClinical Epidemiology
dc.subjectCommunity Health
dc.subjectCommunity Health and Preventive Medicine
dc.subjectDiagnosis
dc.subjectDiseases
dc.subjectHealth Services Administration
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectLife Sciences
dc.subjectMale Urogenital Diseases
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectMental and Social Health
dc.subjectOncology
dc.subjectOther Public Health
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectHealth risk
dc.subjectbehavior
dc.subjectattitudes
dc.subjectUrban
dc.subjectAfrican American
dc.subjectmen
dc.subjectprostate screening
dc.subjectprostate cancer
dc.subjectpsycho-social characteristics
dc.subjectclinical characteristics
dc.subjectrisk factors
dc.subjectDallas County
dc.subjectTexas
dc.subjectconceptual model
dc.titleHealth Risk, Behavior and Attitudes of Urban African American Men Toward Prostate Cancer Screening
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thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunity Health
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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