Abstract
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States and is one of the leading causes of cancer death among men of all races. However, African-American men are at particularly high risk. These men are diagnosed more often with prostate cancer, are diagnosed later, and are more than twice as likely to die from prostate cancer than are Caucasian men. A strategy to address this inequity was to develop a community based program that would reach this at risk population. The goal of the project was to develop an evidence-based, theory-supported education and referral program to promote prostate cancer prevention screening among African-American men utilizing New York community church settings. The resultant scholarly project aims to motivate the target population towards prostate cancer prevention screening as appropriate through the development of an evidence-based, theory-supported, community-focused education and referral program using self-efficacy theory.
Sigma Membership
Zeta Omega at-Large
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Other
Keywords:
Prostate Cancer, African American Men, Community Education
Advisor
Nancy Moss
Degree
DNP
Degree Grantor
Walden University
Degree Year
2016
Recommended Citation
Silvera-Ndure, Dawn Marie, "Development of a church-based educational program to increase prostate cancer screening for Black men 40 and older" (2020). Dissertations. 636.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/636
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2020-09-04
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10182347; ProQuest document ID: 1834115545. The author still retains copyright.