Sociopsychological tailoring to address colorectal cancer screening disparities: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Interventions tailored to sociopsychological factors associated with health behaviors have promise for reducing colorectal cancer screening disparities, but limited research has assessed their impact in multiethnic populations. We examined whether an interactive multimedia computer program (IMCP) tailored to expanded health belief model sociopsychological factors could promote colorectal cancer screening in a multiethnic sample.

Methods

We undertook a randomized controlled trial, comparing an IMCP tailored to colorectal cancer screening self-efficacy, knowledge, barriers, readiness, test preference, and experiences with a nontailored informational program, both delivered before office visits. The primary outcome was record-documented colorectal cancer screening durin

SUBMITTER: Jerant A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4018368 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature