Topic
- addiction
- adrenal cancer
- alcohol
- Alzheimer's
- asthma
- biobank
- breast cancer
- cancer
- cessation
- chemotherapy
- colorectal cancer
- diabetes
- disease management
- gastrointestinal illness
- genetics
- health insurance
- hearing loss
- hearing protection
- heart disease
- HIV / AIDS
- HPV
- injury
- liver
- lung cancer
- medical history
- medication adherence
- mental health
- nutrition
- obesity
- oral health
- organ donation
- organ quality
- organ transplant
- other
- ovarian cancer
- physical activity
- post-treatment
- prevention
- prostate cancer
- quality of life
- recurrence
- screening
- skin cancer
- sleep safety
- smoking
- STD
- stroke
- survivorship
- symptoms
- treatment
- vaccination
- weight loss
Audience
- adolescents
- adults
- African Americans
- alumni
- caregivers
- children
- college students
- farmers
- fraternities and sororities
- girls
- health care providers
- high risk
- HMO members
- Latinos
- LGBT
- Medicare enrollees
- men
- mothers
- non-smokers
- older adults
- parents
- patients
- people living with HIV/AIDS
- research volunteers
- school age children
- smokers
- survivors
- transplant recipients
- transplant waiting list
- underserved
- veterans
- women
- young adults
Setting
Technology
Project Overview +
Making the Choice is a booklet to help men better understand prostate health and the issues surrounding prostate cancer testing.
Aims +
Aim 1. Teach men where the prostate is located, what it does and why it's important to have a healthy prostate.
Aim 2. Teach men what types of tests are available to monitor prostate health and inform them of the benefits and risks associated with these tests.
Aim 3. Help men develop a dialog with their doctor focusing on prostate health.
Aim 4. Help men decide whether or not prostate testing is right for them.
Participants +
Not applicable.
Intervention +
This project utilized the CHCR's Design Team to create the booklet used by the Michigan Department of Community Health. Content for the booklet was provided by Dr. Burack and his team from Wayne State University.
Findings +
Not applicable.
Conclusion +
Keywords
home, clinic, men, adults, shared decision making, decision making, decision aid, print, treatment, prostate cancer, cancerMaking the Choice
09/30/2002 - 09/29/2004
Sponsor(s)
Michigan Department of Community Health
Principal Investigator:
Co-Investigator(s):
Angela Fagerlin, PhD
Margaret Holmes-Rovner, PhD
Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
