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Improving colorectal cancer screening by using community volunteers: results of the Carolinas cancer education and screening (CARES) project.
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- Socioeconomic Determinants of Participation in Cancer Screening in Argentina: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Evaluating the stage of change model to a cervical cancer screening intervention among Ohio Appalachian women.Women & health · 2016Article
- Testing Interventions to Motivate and Educate (TIME): A multi-level intervention to improve colorectal cancer screening.Preventive medicine reports · 2015Article
- Correlates of colorectal cancer screening among residents of Ohio Appalachia.Journal of community health · 2013Article
- Using a family history intervention to improve cancer risk perception in a black community.Journal of genetic counseling · 2011Article
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- Resident physicians' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to colorectal cancer screening for African Americans.Journal of the National Medical Association · 2010Article
- Intraclass correlation estimates for cancer screening outcomes: estimates and applications in the design of group-randomized cancer screening studies.Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs · 2010Article
- Association of health beliefs and colonoscopy use among survivors of colorectal cancer.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2009Article
- Barrier-focused intervention to increase colonoscopy attendance among nonadherent high-risk populations.World journal of gastroenterology · 2009Article
- Development Of An Educational Video To Improve Patient Knowledge And Communication With Their Healthcare Providers About Colorectal Cancer Screening.American journal of health education · 2009Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe goal of the Carolinas Cancer Education and Screening (CARES) Project was to improve colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among low-income women in subsidized housing communities in 11 cities in North and South Carolina who were traditionally underserved by cancer control efforts.
methodsCross-sectional samples were randomly selected from housing authority lists at 5 timepoints in this nonrandomized community-based intervention study. Face-to-face interviews focused on CRC knowledge, beliefs, barriers to screening, and screening behaviors. The intervention components were based on a previous evidence-based program.
resultsA total of 2098 surveys were completed. Seventy-eight percent of the respondents were African American, 62% were 65+ years, and 4% were married. At baseline, the rate of CRC screening within guidelines was 49.3% and physician recommendation was the strongest predictor (odds ratio [OR] = 21.9) of being within guidelines. There was an increase in positive beliefs about CRC screening (P = .010) and in the intention to complete CRC screening in the next 12 months (P = .053) after the intervention. The odds of being within CRC screening guidelines for women living in a city that had received the intervention were not significantly different from women living in a city that had not received the intervention (P = .496).
conclusionsAlthough CRC screening rates were not significantly better after the intervention, there was a positive change in beliefs about screening and intention to be screened. The results suggest that the dissemination of an evidence-based behavioral intervention may require a longer duration to engage hard-to-reach populations and change behaviors.
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