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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2024

A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators for health behavior change in low-income men with prostate cancer.

Allen E D Siapno, Nancy E Quintanilla, Eduardo Piqueiras, Mark S Litwin

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  3. Determining Barriers to Dietary Change Among Medically Underserved Men With Prostate Cancer.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2026
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Allen E D SiapnoDepartment of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. siapno.allen@gmail.com.
Nancy E QuintanillaDepartment of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Eduardo PiqueirasDepartment of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Mark S LitwinDepartment of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

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purposeLow-income prostate cancer survivors, who typically have worse outcomes and greater all-cause mortality, often have poor health-promoting behaviors. Our objective was to assess perceived facilitators of and barriers to healthy behavior change by interviewing low-income men with prostate cancer who received no-cost treatment through a state-funded program.

methodsBetween September 2021 and April 2022, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 19 men (ages 60-75). Purposive sampling was utilized from participants of a cohort of men with prostate cancer from low-income backgrounds. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and then coded by the authors to generate salient themes via thematic analysis.

resultsWe found internal characteristics and structural characteristics that functioned independently and in concert to promote and/or hinder healthy behavior change. Internal characteristics such as motivations (prostate cancer diagnosis, self-perceptions, support system, and preferences) and determination, defined as level of motivation, drove behavior actualization. Structural characteristics that influenced behavior change included resources (access to food and opportunities for exercise) and social support.

conclusionsThese outcomes suggest that motivation and determination can serve as protective facilitators encouraging healthy behaviors despite structural barriers low-income prostate cancer survivors may face. However, motivations challenged by financial constraints were not sufficient to guide healthy behavior change. With this in mind, we recommend that interventions promoting healthy behavior change among this population should focus on identifying and strengthening internal assets such as motivations, self-perceptions, preferences, and support systems.

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Health BehaviorProstatic NeoplasmsExerciseHumansMaleMotivationQualitative ResearchBarriersFacilitatorsHealth behaviorsLow-income

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