Effect of patient navigation on colorectal cancer screening in a community-based randomized controlled trial of urban African American adults

Purpose: In recent years, colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates have increased steadily in the USA, though racial and ethnic disparities persist. In a community-based randomized controlled trial, we investigated the effect of patient navigation on increasing CRC screening adherence among older Afr...

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Published in:	Cancer causes & control Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 239 - 246
Main Authors:	Horne, Hisani N., Phelan-Emrick, Darcy F., Pollack, Craig E., Markakis, Diane, Wenzel, Jennifer, Ahmed, Saifuddin, Garza, Mary A., Shapiro, Gary R., Bone, Lee R., Johnson, Lawrence B., Ford, Jean G.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cham Springer 01.02.2015 Springer International Publishing Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	African Americans Aged Aged, 80 and over Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Black or African American Cancer Research Clinical trials Colonoscopy Colonoscopy - statistics & numerical data Colorectal cancer Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis Colorectal Neoplasms - ethnology Disease prevention Early Detection of Cancer - methods Educational materials Enrollments Epidemiology Female Guideline Adherence Health care policy Health disparities Health education Health literacy Healthcare Disparities Hematology Humans Intervention Male Medical screening Medicare Mortality Occult Blood Oncology Original Paper Patient Education as Topic Patient Navigation - methods Patient Navigation - statistics & numerical data Public Health Sigmoidoscopy - statistics & numerical data Surveys and Questionnaires Urban Population United States > US Baltimore Maryland Randomized controlled trial Colorectal cancer Patient navigator Health disparities
ISSN:	0957-5243, 1573-7225, 1573-7225
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