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. 2004 May;96(5):650–656.

Prostate cancer knowledge among multiethnic black men.

Marcia Magnus 1
PMCID: PMC2640679  PMID: 15160980

Abstract

The purpose of this survey of 528 black men in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, FL, was to assess prostate cancer knowledge among African-American, English-speaking Caribbean, Haitian-American, and African men in America. Knowledge levels were assessed by education, ethnicity, age, income, family history of prostate cancer, and perceived prostate cancer knowledge. Twenty-five barbershops were visited during Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays over a course of five months. The response rate was 99%. As the black men waited to be seen by their barbers, three interviewers asked them to answer the demographic and knowledge questions. SPSS was used to analyze the data. The main findings were that knowledge levels were adequate, with mean correct responses being 68.4%. Approximately 19.1% of respondents answered 80% of questions correctly, and 7.1% answered 100% of questions correctly. There were no statistically significant differences in knowledge among black men of different ethnicities. There were only two factors which were significantly related to prostate cancer knowledge. Men who earned more than dollars 50,000 and those with a family history of prostate cancer scored significantly higher than lower-income men and men with no family history of prostate cancer. As the percentage of Caribbean-American men and African men in the United States continues to increase, especially in metropolitan centers, those men at highest risk need to be targeted vigorously so that the disproportionate burden of prostate cancer on black men can be relieved.

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