Men's experiences of physical exams and cancer screening tests: A qualitative study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 628-635

  Dubé, Catherine E ^a   Fuller, Barbara K ^a   Rosen, Rochelle K ^b   Fagan, Mark ^c   O'Donnell, Joseph ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Men's health; Prostate cancer screening; Qualitative methods; Testicular exam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17844404535     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.10.021     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Sandman D, Simantov E, An C. Out of touch: American men and the health care system. Commonwealth Fund Men's and Women's Health Survey Findings. 2000. Available at http://www.cmwf.org/programs/women/sandman_outoftouch_374.pdf. Accessed on April 9, 2003.
2. J. Swan, N. Breen, R. Coates, B. Rimer, and N. Lee Progress in cancer screening practices in the United States: results from the 2000 National Health Interview survey Cancer 97 6 2003 1528 1540
3. US Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010 (Conference Edition, in two volumes). Washington, DC: January 2000.
4. B. Sirovich, L. Schwartz, and S. Woloshin Screening men for prostate and colorectal cancer in the United States: does practice reflect the evidence? JAMA 289 11 2003 1414 1420
5. R. Harris, and K. Lohr Screening for prostate cancer: an update of the evidence for the US Preventive Services Task Force Ann. Intern. Med. 137 11 2002 917 929
6. S. Landis, T. Murray, S. Bolden, and P. Wingo Cancer statistics, 1999 CA Cancer J. Clin. 49 1999 8 31
7. G. Steele, J. Richie, A. Stewart, and H. Menck The national cancer data base report on patterns of care for testicular carcinoma, 1985-1996 Cancer 86 10 1999 2171 2183
8. R. Smith, V. Cokkinides, and H. Eyre American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of cancer, 2003 CA Cancer J. Clin. 53 2003 27 43
9. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on practice and ambulatory medicine. Recommendations for pediatric preventive health care Pediatrics 96 1995 373 374
10. M. Green Bright futures: guidelines for health supervision of infants, children, and adolescents 1994 National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health Arlington, VA
11. A. Elster, and N. Kiznets Guidelines for adolescent preventive services 1994 Williams and Wilkins Baltimore
12. J. Wardle, A. Steptoe, R. Burckhardt, C. Vogele, J. Vila, and Z. Zarczynski Testicular self-examination: attitudes and practices among young men in Europe Prev. Med. 23 1994 206 210
13. D. Best, S. Davis, R. Vaz, and M. Kaiser Testicular cancer education: a comparison of teaching methods Am. J. Health Behav. 20 4 1996 229 241
14. P. Nasrallah, G. Nair, J. Congeni, C. Bennett, and D. McMahon Testicular health awareness in pubertal males J. Urol. 164 2000 1115 1117
15. M. Pignone Cancer screening in primary care: are we communicating? J. Gen. Intern. Med. 16 2001 867
16. D.L. Morgan The focus group guidebook vol. 12 1998 Sage Publications Thousand Oaks, CA
17. A. White How men respond to illness Men's Health J. 1 2001 18 19
18. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health Service and Science, Office of Minority Health. "Men's health: why you need to act now!" Closing the gap [a newsletter]. 2001. Available at http://www.omhrc.gov. Accessed on April 9, 2003.
19. D. Holtzman, E. Powell-Griner, J. Bolen, and L. Rhodes State- and age-specific prevalence of selected characteristics-Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1996 and 1997 Morb. Mort. Wkly. Rep. 49 SS06 2000 1 39
20. D. Plunkett BA, E. Kohli P, and J. Milad MP The importance of physician gender in the selection of an obstetrician or a gynecologist Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 186 5 2002 926 928
21. C.J. Heaton, and J.T. Marquez Patient preferences for physician gender in the male genital/rectal exam Fam. Pract. Res. J. 10 2 1990 105 115
22. Schoen E, Davis K, DesRoches C, Shekhdar A. The health of adolescent boys: Commonwealth Fund Survey findings. 1998. Available at http://www.cmwf.org/ programs/women/boysv271.asp. Accessed on April 9, 2003.
23. Alan Guttmacher Institute. In their own right: addressing the sexual and reproductive health needs of American men. 2001. Available at http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/us_men.html. Accessed on March 6, 2003.
24. D. Rosen, A. Elster, V. Hedberg, and D. Paperny Clinical preventive services for adolescents: position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine J. Adolesc. Health 21 3 1997 203 214
25. R. Burack, and D. Wood Screening for prostate cancer: the challenge of promoting informed decision making in the absence of definitive evidence of effectiveness Med. Clin. North Am. 83 6 1999 1423 1442
26. US Preventive Services Task Force Guide to clinical preventive services 2nd ed. 1996 Williams and Wilkins Baltimore
27. D.Z. Louis, J. Gottlieb, F.W. Markham, M. Hojat, C. Rabinowitz, and J.S. Gonnella Students' gender and examination of patients in a third-year family medicine clerkship Acad. Med. 71 10 1996 S25 S27
28. AAMC: FACTS-Applicants, matriculants and graduates total enrollment by gender and race/ethnicity, 1992-2001. Available at http://www.aamc.org/data/ facts/famg82001.htm. Accessed on April 2, 2003.