Evaluation of the Call for a Kit intervention to increase bowel cancer screening uptake in Lancashire, England.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the 'Call for a Kit' health promotion intervention that was initiated in Lancashire, England to improve bowel cancer screening uptake.

Methods

Within the intervention, screening non-responders are called and invited to attend a consultation with a health promotion team member at their primary care practice. In this audit, we analysed the proportion of those contacted who attended the in-person clinic versus those who received a phone consultation, the number returning a test kit from in-person versus phone consultations, and the extent to which test kit return was moderated by sociodemographic characteristics.

Results

In 2019, 68 practices participated in the intervention which led to 10,772 individuals being contacted; 2464 accepted the invitati

SUBMITTER: Stoffel ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9381688 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature