PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN

前列腺癌是最常见的癌症类型。 实体瘤是美国男性第二常见的死亡原因。 它 对非洲裔美国人（AA）男性构成特别风险，与 白人男性，更有可能被诊断患有这种疾病，更有可能 患上晚期疾病，更有可能死于疾病。 虽然新的检测方法可以提高早期检测，但筛查的价值 无症状的男性仍然未知，卫生保健提供者可能不确定 如何与患者讨论这种疾病。 直到 随机研究完成后，关于试验的决定应保留 个性化。 然而，有证据表明AA制男性掌握的信息较少 更多关于前列腺癌的误解，从而使知情 选择困难。 针对这一问题，提出了 会发展和传播最先进的前列腺癌 低收入非裔美国人及其医疗保健提供者的教育。 该计划将是动态的，它将不断更新， 新的数据变得可用。 长期目标既不是鼓励， 不鼓励例行筛查，而是促进和促进知情 男性与其医疗保健提供者之间的讨论， 使AA男性能够对前列腺保健做出真正明智的选择。 具体目标是：（1）细化、实施和检验 前列腺癌教育计划的非洲裔美国人社区， 伊利诺伊州;该提案的目标是增加理解，因此， 评价将侧重于增加知识，（2）提供 向医疗保健提供者提供最先进的前列腺癌信息 为这些低收入的非裔美国人社区服务;信息 传播将包括主要研究者举办的研讨会， 分发研讨会摘要和最新通讯，以及（3） 建立机制并提供资源， 项目结束后，补助金。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Description) Prostate cancer is the most common solid tumor and the second most common cause of death in American men. It poses a particular risk for African American (AA) men who, compared to Caucasian men, are more likely to be diagnosed with the disease, more likely to present with advanced disease and more likely to die from their disease. Although newer tests improve early detection, the value of screening asymptomatic men remains unknown and health care providers may be unsure of what to recommend or how to discuss this disease with their patients. Until randomized studies are completed, the decision about testing should remain personalized. However, there is evidence that AA men have less information and more misconceptions about prostate cancer, thereby making informed choices difficult. In response to this problem, the proposed initiative will develop and disseminate unbiased state-of-the-art prostate cancer education to lower income African Americans and their health care providers. This program will be dynamic in nature; it will be continuously updated as new data become available. The long term goal is neither to encourage nor discourage routine screening, but rather to promote and facilitate informed discussion between men and their health care providers with the goal of enabling AA men to make truly informed choices about prostate health care. The specific aims are: (1) To refine, implement and test the effectiveness of a Prostate Cancer Education program for African American communities in Illinois; the goal of the proposal is to increase understanding, therefore evaluation will focus on increase in knowledge, (2) To provide state-of-the-art prostate cancer information to health care providers serving these lower income African American communities; information dissemination will include seminars delivered by the Principal Investigator, distribution of seminar summary, and newsletter updates, and (3) To establish the mechanisms and provide the resources for continuation of the program after the grant period.