Research Article
Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker-Led Intervention on Knowledge, Perception, and Prostate Cancer Screening among Men in Rural Kenya
Table 4
Effectiveness of community-based health education on knowledge, perception of self-vulnerability, and uptake of screening.
| | Intervention, N (%) | Control, N (%) | | Variable | Baseline (n = 28), frequency (%) | Post-intervention (n = 280), frequency (%) | Chi-square | Baseline (n = 288), frequency (%) | Post-intervention (n = 287), frequency (%) | Chi-square |
| | Good knowledge | 141 (49%) | 214 (76.4%) | | 165 (57.3%) | 180 (62.7%) | | | Poor knowledge | 147 (51%) | 66 (23.6%) | 123 (42.7%) | 107 (37.3%) | | High perception of self-vulnerability | 75 (26%) | 118 (42.1%) | | 68 (23.6%) | 69 (24%) | | | Low perception of self-vulnerability | 213 (74%) | 162 (57.9%) | 220 (76.4%) | 218 (76%) | | Screened | 13 (4.5%) | 57 (20.4%) | | 16 (5.6%) | 18 (6.3%) | | | Not screened | 275 (95.5%) | 223 (79.6%) | 272 (94.4%) | 269 (93.7%) |
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