Table 5.
Statistics for advocacy and workshop quality items
| Item | Category | Pretest | Posttest | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. I will actively work and speak out for the benefit of others in my communities about cancer within the next 3 months. | Strongly disagree | 3% | 0% | 0.10 |
| Disagree | 0% | 3% | ||
| Neutral | 13% | 5% | ||
| Agree | 37% | 24% | ||
| Strongly agree | 47% | 68% | ||
| 2. I will actively work and speak out for the benefit of others in my communities about prostate cancer within the next 3 months. | Strongly disagree | 3% | 0% | 0.17 |
| Disagree | 0% | 3% | ||
| Neutral | 18% | 5% | ||
| Agree | 29% | 29% | ||
| Strongly agree | 50% | 63% | ||
| 3. I will inform and educate cancer patients, family members, and friends about prostate cancer within the next 3 months. | Strongly disagree | 3% | 0% | 0.01* |
| Disagree | 5% | 3% | ||
| Neutral | 24% | 3% | ||
| Agree | 32% | 32% | ||
| Strongly agree | 37% | 63% | ||
| 4. I will seek to impact public policy through lobbying at the local, state, and/or federal level about prostate cancer within the next 3 months. | Strongly disagree | 0% | 0% | 0.89 |
| Disagree | 8% | 8% | ||
| Neutral | 21% | 22% | ||
| Agree | 34% | 32% | ||
| Strongly agree | 37% | 38% | ||
| 5. I will work to ensure that high-quality research is sensitive to the priorities of cancer patients within the next 3 months. | Strongly disagree | 3% | 3% | 0.01* |
| Disagree | 11% | 0% | ||
| Neutral | 24% | 14% | ||
| Agree | 22% | 30% | ||
| Strongly agree | 41% | 54% | ||
| 6. I will assist with strategies to increase patient recruitment, compliance, and retention for clinical trials within the next month. | Strongly disagree | 5% | 3% | 0.01* |
| Disagree | 14% | 5% | ||
| Neutral | 19% | 8% | ||
| Agree | 32% | 34% | ||
| Strongly agree | 30% | 50% | ||
| 7. I will provide support to cancer patients and their families within the next 3 months. | Strongly disagree | 5% | 3% | 0.07 |
| Disagree | 8% | 3% | ||
| Neutral | 18% | 13% | ||
| Agree | 42% | 32% | ||
| Strongly agree | 26% | 50% | ||
| 8. I will engage in prostate cancer research within the next month. | Strongly disagree | 8% | 3% | 0.04* |
| Disagree | 11% | 11% | ||
| Neutral | 27% | 8% | ||
| Agree | 22% | 29% | ||
| Strongly agree | 32% | 50% | ||
| 9. I will engage in prostate cancer support services, within the next 3 months. | Strongly disagree | 11% | 3% | 0.04* |
| Disagree | 11% | 5% | ||
| Neutral | 22% | 8% | ||
| Agree | 24% | 39% | ||
| Strongly agree | 32% | 45% | ||
| 10. I will engage in prostate cancer patient education within the next 3 months. | Strongly disagree | 8% | 3% | 0.04* |
| Disagree | 8% | 0% | ||
| Neutral | 16% | 5% | ||
| Agree | 24% | 46% | ||
| Strongly agree | 43% | 46% | ||
| 11. I will engage in prostate cancer community outreach within the next 3 months. | Strongly disagree | 6% | 3% | 0.01* |
| Disagree | 8% | 0% | ||
| Neutral | 19% | 3% | ||
| Agree | 25% | 35% | ||
| Strongly agree | 42% | 59% | ||
| 12. In general, I would rate the speakers as outstanding. | Strongly disagree | 0% | ||
| Disagree | 0% | |||
| Neutral | 0% | |||
| Agree | 24% | |||
| Strongly agree | 76% | |||
| 13. I found the advocacy toolkit/toolbox to be a great resource and will use it in my practice. | Strongly disagree | 0% | ||
| Disagree | 0% | |||
| Neutral | 5% | |||
| Agree | 16% | |||
| Strongly agree | 79% | |||
| 14. The program material was presented at an appropriate level | Strongly disagree | 0% | ||
| Disagree | 0% | |||
| Neutral | 0% | |||
| Agree | 24% | |||
| Strongly agree | 76% | |||
| 15. The program content was objective, balance, and free from commercial bias or influence. | Strongly disagree | 3% | ||
| Disagree | 0% | |||
| Neutral | 0% | |||
| Agree | 19% | |||
| Strongly agree | 78% | |||
| 16. The program met my expectation in accomplishing the stated educational objectives. | Strongly disagree | 0% | ||
| Disagree | 0% | |||
| Neutral | 0% | |||
| Agree | 19% | |||
| Strongly agree | 81% | |||
| 17. Overall, the quality of rating of the Prostate Cancer Advocacy Training Workshop Program was excellent. | Strongly disagree | 0% | ||
| Disagree | 0% | |||
| Neutral | 0% | |||
| Agree | 16% | |||
| Strongly agree | 84% | |||
| 18. The content of presentations | Poor | 0% | ||
| Fair | 0% | |||
| Good | 11% | |||
| Very good | 11% | |||
| Excellent | 79% | |||
| 19. Relevance of presentations and discussions | Poor | 0% | ||
| Fair | 0% | |||
| Good | 5% | |||
| Very good | 18% | |||
| Excellent | 76% | |||
| 20. The presentation delivery | Poor | 0% | ||
| Fair | 3% | |||
| Good | 5% | |||
| Very good | 22% | |||
| Excellent | 70% | |||
| 21. Response to questions | Poor | 0% | ||
| Fair | 0% | |||
| Good | 0% | |||
| Very good | 32% | |||
| Excellent | 68% | |||
| 22. Visual aids and handouts | Poor | 0% | ||
| Fair | 3% | |||
| Good | 3% | |||
| Very good | 16% | |||
| Excellent | 79% | |||
| 23. Teaching methods | Poor | 0% | ||
| Fair | 0% | |||
| Good | 5% | |||
| Very good | 29% | |||
| Excellent | 66% |
*Denotes statistical significance, p < 0.05