Impact of a health literacy intervention combining general practitioner training and a consumer facing intervention to improve colorectal cancer screening in underserved areas: protocol for a multicentric cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer burden worldwide. In France, it is the second most common cause of cancer death after lung cancer. Systematic uptake of CRC screening can improve survival rates. However, people with limited health literacy (HL) and lower socioeconomic position rarely participate. Our aim is to assess the impact of an intervention combining HL and CRC screening training for general practitioners (GPs) with a pictorial brochure and video targeting eligible patients, to increase CRC screening and other secondary outcomes, after 1 year, in several underserved geographic areas in France.

Methods

We will use a two-arm multicentric randomized controlled cluster trial with 32 GPs primarily serving underserved populations across four re

SUBMITTER: Durand MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444501 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature