Implementation intentions and colorectal screening: a randomized trial in safety-net clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Low-income and racial/ethnic minority populations experience disproportionate colorectal cancer (CRC) burden and poorer survival. Novel behavioral strategies are needed to improve screening rates in these groups.

Background

The study aimed to test a theoretically based "implementation intentions" intervention for improving CRC screening among unscreened adults in urban safety-net clinics.

Design

Randomized controlled trial.

Setting/participants

Adults (N=470) aged ≥50 years, due for CRC screening, from urban safety-net clinics were recruited.

Intervention

The intervention (conducted in 2009-2011) was delivered via touchscreen computers that tailored informational messages to decisional stage and screening barriers. The computer then randomized pa

SUBMITTER: Greiner KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4311575 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature