Citation

Sanders Thompson VL, Talley M, Caito N, Kreuter M. Am. J. Men. Health 2009; 3(1): 6-15.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1557988307304630

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The lack of health information is one of several factors implicated in the poor health status of African American men. Although a growing body of research delineates the obstacles to African Americans' engagement in preventive health behaviors, relatively little is known about the barriers that adversely affect men's involvement in health-information seeking. This article presents qualitative data on African American men's information seeking through an analysis of focus group data. Three research questions are addressed: (a) What health-information concerns and needs do African American men have? (b) How do African American men describe their efforts to obtain health information? and (c) What factors facilitate or inhibit health-information seeking by African American men? The implications of the data and suggestions for future research are provided.