Results of a community-based randomized trial to increase colorectal cancer screening among Filipino Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We conducted 1 of the first community-based trials to develop a multicomponent intervention that would increase colorectal cancer screening among an Asian American population.

Methods

Filipino Americans (n = 548) nonadherent to colorectal cancer (CRC) screening guidelines were randomized into an intervention group that received an education session on CRC screening and free fecal occult blood test (FOBT) kits; a second intervention group that received an education session but no free FOBT kits; and a control group that received an education session on the health benefits of physical activity.

Results

Self-reported CRC screening rates during the 6-month follow-up period were 30%, 25%, and 9% for participants assigned to intervention with FOBT kit, interventi

SUBMITTER: Maxwell AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2951922 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature