Implementing an enhanced mailed FIT program to improve CRC screening at a federally qualified health center: experiences of patients and staff.

ABSTRACT: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer death in the USA. Screening programs in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are essential to reducing CRC-related mortality and morbidity among underserved populations. Centralized, population-based mailed fecal immunochemical test (FIT) programs can improve CRC screening rates, but barriers to implementation remain. We qualitatively explored barriers and facilitators to implementation of a mailed FIT program at a large, urban FQHC that employed advance notification "primers" (live calls and texts) and automated reminders. We interviewed 25 patients and 45 FQHC staff by telephone about their experience with the program. Interviews were transcribed, coded, and content analyzed using NVivo.12. Patients and staff found advance notifi

SUBMITTER: Schneider JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10538470 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature