Prostate Cancer Screening and Health Beliefs: A Turkish Study of Male Adults

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Bilgili N., Kitiş Y.

ERCIYES MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.41, ss.164-169, 2019 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 41
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14744/etd.2019.45762
  • Dergi Adı: ERCIYES MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.164-169
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Prostatic neoplasms, mass screening, health belief model, men's health, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, KNOWLEDGE, DIAGNOSIS, BARRIERS, RISK, AGE
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Attitudes and beliefs of people affect health behaviors. Understanding the individual experiences with regard to prostate cancer (PCa) and PCa screening of the participants is important. Thus, researchers and health professionals can take advantage of the results obtained to make an attempt to increase the participation in PCa early diagnosis services. The aim of this research is to determine the personal attitudes and beliefs of Turkish men related to PCa and screening.