Informed Decision-Making - American Cancer Society
African American men have the highest rates
of prostate cancer in Minnesota, and for
reasons as yet unclear, prostate cancer rates are higher in Minnesota
than in the U.S.
as a whole. Although population-level, routine prostate cancer screening
for average risk asymptomatic men is not recommended, the
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force does recommend that counseling be provided
to facilitate informed decision-making about prostate cancer screening.
Evidence suggests that men who are educated about the potential benefits and
harms of screening tend to be more involved in the shared decision-making
process.
This project aims to implement and evaluate
expansion of a community-based, culturally-tailored and scientifically sound
prostate education and outreach approach grounded in an American Cancer Society
(ACS) program called Let's Talk About It focused on African American men
so that they can make informed decisions about prostate cancer screening. This
program has been implemented successfully in one North Minneapolis
community health care setting since 2004 by the Health Disparities Department
of the Minnesota Region of ACS.
For the first year we propose to expand this
program to at least five additional African American communities and health
care settings in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. ACS will work
in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Health to administer
mini-grants, provide technical assistance and training, and evaluate all
aspects of the project.
This project supports implementation of the
health disparities priority of Cancer Plan Minnesota and will serve as the basis
for additional work by the Minnesota Cancer Alliance to address the plan's
objective advancing informed decision-making about prostate
cancer.
For more
information, contact: Roshan Paudel
Phone: 651-255-8166
Email: roshan.paudel@cancer.org
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