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Abstract:
The goal of this project is to better understand the psychosocial and cultural factors affecting prostate cancer screening among African American and White men. It is a community-based participatory research project, which involves participation of local community members through a community steering committee. The first phase of the project was a focus group study (Year 1). The second phase used the focus group results to develop a questionnaire instrument (Year 2), and the third phase is to collect survey data on African American and White men (Years 2-3). The fourth phase is to analyze the survey data, and the final phase is to use the results to develop recommendations for interventions to increase informed decision-making about prostate cancer screening among African American and White men (Year 3). The qualitative data provided by the focus groups was used to develop a structured questionnaire with the input of our Community Steering Committee and research consultants. The questionnaire went through several revisions, was pre-tested and the final draft is under review by the local and DOD human subjects review boards. Upon approval, a multi-stage random sample of 400 males will be surveyed.
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 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE |
| Description: |
Annual rept. 1 Mar 2007-28 Feb 2008 |
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8 |
| Report Date: |
01-Mar-2008 |
| Contract Number: |
W81XWH-06-1-0425 W81XWH0610425 |
| Report Number: |
A131684 |
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