Startup and implementation costs of a colorectal cancer screening tailored navigation research study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Despite improvements in screening, testing for CRC is underutilized in some populations, suggesting a need to identify efficient test promotion strategies.

Methods

Our intervention guided individuals from low-income, underserved communities into primary care clinics to receive CRC screening referrals. Community sites were randomized to education or education plus navigation. The Phase I community-to-clinic navigation outcome was clinic attendance; the Phase II clinic-to-screening navigation outcome was screening completion. We used micro-costing to determine costs necessary to replicate our project in a similar, non-research setting.

Results

Over the 4-year proj

SUBMITTER: Bucho-Gonzalez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8715791 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature