A comparison of a spiritually based and non-spiritually based educational intervention for informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among church-attending African-American men.

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Urol Nurs. 2009 Jul-Aug;29(4):249-58.
A comparison of a spiritually based and non-spiritually based educational intervention for informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among church-attending African-American men.
Holt CL, Wynn TA, Litaker MS, Southward P, Jeames S, Schulz E.
SourceDepartment of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA.
AbstractINTRODUCTION: Health communication interventions have been modestly effective for increasing informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among African-American men; however, knowledge and informed decision making is still questionable even with screening. Church-based programs may be more effective if they are spiritually based in nature.OBJECTIVE: The aims of the present study were to implement and provide an initial evaluation of a spiritually based prostate cancer screening informed decision making intervention for African-American men who attend church, and determine its efficacy for increasing informed decision making.DESIGN AND METHOD: Churches were randomized to receive either the spiritually based or the non-spiritual intervention. Trained community health advisors, who were African-American male church members, led an educational session and distributed educational print materials. Participants completed baseline and immediate follow-up surveys to assess the intervention impact on study outcomes.RESULTS: The spiritually based intervention appeared to be more effective in areas such as knowledge, and men read more of their materials in the spiritually based group than in the non-spiritual group.CONCLUSIONS: Further examination of the efficacy of the spiritually based approach to health communication is warranted.
PMID: 19718941 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] PMCID: PMC2836722 Free PMC Article

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This randomized study on spiritually based and non-spiritually based educational intervention for informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among church-attending African-American men reveals that the spiritually based intervention appeared to be more effective in areas such as knowledge, and men read more of their materials in the spiritually based group than in the non-spiritual group. And therefore, there is a need for further examination of the efficacy of the spiritually based approach to health communication.