Program to improve colorectal cancer screening in a low-income, racially diverse population: A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 412-417

  Jean Jacques, Muriel ^a   Kaleba, Erin O ^b   Gatta, John L ^a   Gracia, Gabriela ^c   Ryan, Elizabeth R ^a   Choucair, Bechara N ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alliance of Chicago Community Health Services   (United States)

^c Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

^d CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Cancer, colorectal; Fecal occult blood testing; Health promotion disease prevention; Practice based research; Screening; Special populations; Underserved minority

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; OCCULT BLOOD; POSTAL MAIL; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; OCCULT BLOOD; POSTAL SERVICE; POVERTY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84866159979     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1381     Document Type: Article

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