Community-based interventions and the attitude towards prostate cancer screening in the elderly based on the health belief model: Examination and analysis

Introduction: Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignant cancers among men worldwide. One way to control this disease is screening. One of the models that can be used to identify and change the beliefs and attitudes of the elderly and their families is the health belief model.  Due to lack of similar studies, this study was performed to determine the effect of community-based interventions on subjects’ perception of screening behaviors prostate cancer based on the Health Belief Model in the elderly. Methods: This study was a randomized field trial. The statistical population included all elderly men over 60 years of age with electronic files in comprehensive health service centers in Malayer in 2020-2021. The samples were 250 eligible elderlies who were divided into control and intervention groups by stratified random sampling. For the intervention group, trainings based on the health belief model were performed. The data collection tool was a standard questionnaire, which consisted of two sections: demographic information and subjects’ perception of screening behaviors for prostate cancer based on health belief model. Questionnaires were given to both groups before and after the intervention.&nbsp