A Community Jury on PSA screening: what do well-informed men want the government to do about prostate cancer screening--a qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cancer screening policies and programmes should take account of public values and concerns. This study sought to determine the priorities, values and concerns of men who were 'fully informed' about the benefits and harms of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening; and empirically examine the value of a community jury in eliciting public values on PSA screening.

Setting

Community jury was convened on the Gold Coast, Queensland (Australia) to consider PSA screening benefits and harms, and whether government campaigns on PSA screening should be conducted.

Participants

27 men (volunteers) aged 50-70 with no personal history of prostate cancer and willing to attend jury 6-7 April 2013: 12 were randomly allocated to jury (11 attended).

Outcome measures

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SUBMITTER: Rychetnik L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4010814 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature