Kamaruddeen Mannethodi

1 Introduction Concept analysis involves a systematic and thorough approach to examining, clarifying, validating, defining and distinguishing an abstract concept from similar ideas to support theory development and interpretation of abstract concepts (Walker and Avant 2005). The concept finds application across various disciplines, such as psychology, sociology, nursing and education.

Public Health Commentary on: Down L, Barlow M, Bailey SER, et al. Association between patient ethnicity and prostate cancer diagnosis following a prostate-specific antigen test: a cohort study of 730,000 men in primary care in the UK. BMC Med 2024 Mar 1;22(1):82. Clinicians should consider ethnic differences when interpreting prostate-specific antigen test results, particularly for black men, to ensure timely prostate cancer diagnosis and avoid overtreatment or undertreatment.

1 INTRODUCTION Healthcare research needs more planning and strategic direction. In the past, research topics have mainly been developed by ‘enlightened individuals’ rather than by what is needed in the health services or what might be identified as the greatest problem areas by stakeholders (Alomari et al., 2020). Nurses in particular continuously face many new challenges, and it is important to identify and set research agendas to address these challenges (Haber & LoBiondo-Wood, 2021).