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PROSTATE CANCER AND PSYCHOSOCIAL CONCERNS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN: Literature Synthesis and Recommendations.
Document Type
Article
Source
Health & Social Work. Nov2003, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p302-311. 10p.
Subject
*PROSTATE cancer
*CANCER-related mortality
*CANCER patients
*AFRICAN American men
*DISEASES
Language
ISSN
0360-7283
Abstract
African American men have the highest prostate cancer rates in the world, and more die from the disease than men from other racial or ethnic groups. Because the social work literature has little information on prostate cancer in African American men, the authors have synthesized the literature on prostate cancer and psychosocial concerns in African American men. They used the Health Belief Model as a framework to help explain, understand, and predict African American men's preventive health-related behaviors. The authors make recommendations for social work practice and research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]