Kelly Brittain|Shannon M. Christy|Susan M. Rawl
African American Patients’ Intent to Screen for Colorectal Cancer: Do Cultural Factors, Health Literacy, Knowledge, Age and Gender Matter?
african americans higher colorectal cancer crc mortality rates compared racialethnic groups research suggests crc screening interventions african americans target cultural variables secondary analysis data 817 africanamericans screened crc conducted examine 1 relationships among cultural variables provider trust cancer fatalism health temporal orientation hto health literacy crc knowledge 2 age gender differences 3 relationships among cultural variables health literacy crc knowledge crc screening intention provider trust fatalism hto health literacy crc knowledge demonstrated significant relationships among study variables stool blood test intention model explained 43 variance age gender significant predictors colonoscopy intention model explained 41 variance gender significant predictor results suggest developing crc interventions african americans addressing cultural variables important particular attention given age gender