Abstract 1972: Potential predictors of prostate cancer screening: Findings from the MiCaP research digest study

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Abstract Introduction: Black men are disproportionately affected by prostate cancer (CaP) and havebeen found to experience more aggressive forms of cancer. The Minority Prostate Cancer(MiCaP) Research Digest is a dissemination platform with the goal of spreading community-based and culturally relevant ways to provide prostate cancer discoveries, interventions, andclinical trials among Black men. In collecting pretest data, the MiCaP team was also able tocollect data on whether participants had been tested for CaP in the last year. We were also ableto collect data on various social determinant variables to test for association. Methods: Black men living in the United States ages 35 to 70 were recruited for this studythrough community-based methods. Participants were randomly assigned to an interventiongroup that received the MiCaP information material and a control group that watched a generalvideo. Both groups received baseline and follow-up surveys to assess their knowledge relatedto CaP clinical trials, testing, and treatment. Associations of characteristics from the baselinesurvey were evaluated using logistic regression models. Results: A total of 220 responses are included in this dataset. The majority of participants wereborn in the United States (93.06%), single (49.52%), attended/graduated college (35.65%),between 60 and 69 years (25.58%), had full-time employment (52.07%), and had a householdincome between 20,000 and 39,999 (21.66%). Only about 35% had read or heard about clinicaltrials within the last year. Logistic regression found a positive association between the followingvariables and getting tested for prostate cancer in the past year: if participants had heard ofcurrent prostate cancer research or discoveries, if an immediate family member had beendiagnosed with prostate cancer, age, and level of education. No association was found betweeninsurance status, utilization of healthcare, clinical trial participation, or clinical trial knowledge. Conclusion: There is an association between being aware of CaP discoveries, diagnosis of familymembers, education, and age with prostate cancer screening. Future work should be done tofurther explore this association and how to overcome the barriers those determinants mightprovide in screening. These data and future data on this can be used to further community-based interventions delivered in culturally relevant ways with the goal of encouraging positivehealth behaviors to reduce CaP in Black men. Citation Format: Jessica Otero Machuca, Parisa Fathi, Daniel Lee, Kim Walsh-Childers, Folakemi Odedina. Potential predictors of prostate cancer screening: Findings from the MiCaP research digest study [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2023; Part 1 (Regular and Invited Abstracts); 2023 Apr 14-19; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(7_Suppl):Abstract nr 1972.