Legal-involved veterans are less likely to receive guideline-concordant colorectal cancer screening.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Programs to improve health care for adults with criminal legal involvement, including those who have been released from incarceration in jails or prisons or who are under court or community supervison, understandably focus on treatment for mental illness, drug overdose, and suicide. However, criminal legal-involved adults also have higher risk of developing and dying from medical conditions, such as cancer, relative to the general population. Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among legal-involved adults, particularly those who have been incarcerated, might be delayed or missed.

Methods

We conducted an observational study of national Veterans Health Administration (VHA) electronic health record data to compare the CRC screening rate between legal-involved Veterans,

SUBMITTER: Nieser KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11877804 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature