Table 1 Endorsed Beliefs
From: Stigma, beliefs and perceptions regarding prostate cancer among Black and Latino men and women
Latino men | Latino women | Black men | Black women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-Risk factors | -All Groups | -General lifestyle Age (disagreement) -Environment Race/ethnicity | -Sexual activity -Race/ethnicity | -Diet -Stress -Blood pressure -Race/ethnicity | -Diet -Sexual activity -Race/ethnicity |
-Screening | -Lifestyle factors | -Whether PSA and DRE test the same things | -Whether/how screening can prevent prostate cancer -What age to begin screening -Whether prostate cancer has symptoms -PSAs are unreliable (false positives) | ||
-Treatment | -Side effects of different types of treatment available -Curability | -Curability |