MD Howard

The Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer in Western Jamaica: Risk Factors, Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices

Issue:

Vol 65, Issue 1: 2016

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2014.183

Pages:

60–66

Synopsis:

This was a retrospective study with quantitative and qualitative components evaluating risk factors for prostate cancer and health-seeking behaviour of men in western Jamaica. Two hundred and four men were interviewed and twenty men took part in two focus groups.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To investigate the epidemiology of prostate cancer (PCa) in western Jamaica and describe the health-seeking behaviour of at-risk men.

Received:

24 Jul, 2014

Revised:

08 Oct, 2014

Accepted:

29 Oct, 2014

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