Designing a Social Marketing Plan to Promote Hispanic Participation at Prostate Cancer Screenings (open access)

Designing a Social Marketing Plan to Promote Hispanic Participation at Prostate Cancer Screenings

Prostate cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death for men in the United States. Because early prostate cancer is frequently without symptoms and data on how to prevent prostate cancer is lacking, early detection has the greatest potential for decreasing mortality. Studies have shown Hispanics/Latinos to be less likely than whites or African-Americans to utilize prostate cancer screening exams. The purpose of this descriptive study was to design a social marketing plan which could be used as a model to promote Hispanic/Latino participation at prostate cancer screenings. Information obtained through medical and marketing literature review, the author's experiences serving on the promotion committee of a community-sponsored prostate cancer screening project, and interviews with 51 Hispanic/Latino prostate cancer screening participants is described and incorporated into a guide with recommendations for future program planners.
Date: December 1995
Creator: Zimmerman, Suzanne M. (Suzanne Marie)
System: The UNT Digital Library