Methods for scaling up an outreach intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening rates in rural areas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mailed fecal immunochemical test (FIT) outreach and patient navigation are evidence-based practices shown to improve rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) and follow-up in various settings, yet these programs have not been broadly adopted by health systems and organizations that serve diverse populations. Reasons for low adoption rates are multifactorial, and little research explores approaches for scaling up a complex, multi-level CRC screening outreach intervention to advance equity in rural settings.

Methods

SMARTER CRC, a National Cancer Institute Cancer Moonshot project, is a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a mailed FIT and patient navigation program involving 3 Medicaid health plans and 28 rural primary care practices in Oregon and Idaho followed by a nati

SUBMITTER: Coury J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10775579 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature