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Understanding the Experience of Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Making of Heterosexual Caribbean American and African American Men and their Partners
Study’s Methodology: We conducted a qualitative research using Focus Group interviews with 26 men and 24 women. Interviews were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim, coded, and analyzed for emerging themes.
Study’s Results: Four main themes emerged in this study attempting to understand the screening decision making process of the target population. The themes were: 1) uniquely acquired health related familial conceptualizations, 2) settled mindset conditioning meaning of experiences, 3) meaning and motivations generated in relationships contexts, and 4) culturally rooted patterns of meaning. Masculinity issues and partner’s pressure to screen and/or seek treatment proved salient.
Conclusion
Facing the de-emphasis on screening US Black men and their partners have the added burden to seek screening. Culturally specific programs should target both groups to generate improved screening behaviors.
Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programsChronic disease management and prevention
Diversity and culture
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Describe the experience of prostate cancer screening making processes among heterosexual African American and Caribbean American men and their partners
Explain the unique issues influencing the screening decisions of African American and Caribbean American men in heterosexual relationships.
Identify the unique themes that emerge as central in influencing the prostate cancer screening decisions within heterosexual African American and Caribbean American couple relationships.
Design intervention strategies based on culturally appropriate and informed details to better reach and influence heterosexual African American and Caribbean American men in dyadic relationships.
Design quantitative studies to help in better explicating the hypotheses generated from a well done qualitative study that explored the prostate cancer screening decision experience of a significant minority sector of the American population.
Keyword(s): Cancer and Men’s Health, Family Involvement
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a Ph.D. candidate in the field of Marriage and Family Therapy who has already successfully defended my dissertation. I have also completed a Master's Degree in Psychology and have been engaged in over six years of progressive therapy in multiple clinical settings. I have done presentations at other conferences on other topics.This will be the first conference in which I am presenting on the topic which is related to my doctoral studies.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.