Assessing the effectiveness of a community health advisor plus screen to save educational intervention on stool-based testing adherence in an African American safety net clinic population: study protocol for a randomized pragmatic trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most deadly cancer affecting US adults and is also one of the most treatable cancers when detected at an earlier clinical stage of disease through screening. CRC health disparities experienced by African Americans are due in part to the later stage of diagnosis, suggesting the importance of improving African Americans' CRC screening participation. The national Screen to Save (S2S) initiative employs a community health educator to deliver CRC screening education which can be tailored for specific populations, and such approaches have increased CRC screening rates in disadvantaged and racial/ethnic minority populations.

Methods/design

In this trial emphasizing stool-based CRC screening, focus groups informed the development of a

SUBMITTER: Luque JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8845372 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature