KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICE OF PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING AMONG MALE NON ACADEMIC STAFF

ABSTRACT

This study seeks to investigate the knowledge, attitude and practice of male nonacademic staff of University of Benin, Benin City, Edo state. Four research questions were raised to guide this study. The descriptive research design was adopted for this study and random sampling technique was used to select 228 (two hundred and and twenty eight) male non academic staff of University of Benin, Data was collected from the 228 respondents using a closed ended questionnaire with twenty (22) items. The data collected was analyzed and interpreted using simple frequencies, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Based on the data collected and analyzed, it was discovered that male staff in Egor local government secretariat have high knowledge, positive attitudes and do not practice prostate cancer Screening. Also from the data collected and analyzed, it is observed that factors such as distance to health facility, cultural and religious beliefs, family history of prostate cancer, fear of positive result influence male staff's knowledge, attitude and practice of prostate cancer screening. It was recommended that Intervention programs aimed at improving knowledge and attitudes towards prostate cancer screening among men should be designed to reinforce prostate cancer screening practices across the country. It was recommended that there should be sensitization of health care providers on issues related to prostate cancer screening and encourage them to have conversations with their male patients and provide information to help them decide whether to screen or not.