The Use of the Whole Primary-Care Team, Including Community Health Workers, to Achieve Success in Increasing Colon Cancer Screening Rate

Journal for Healthcare Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 76-83

  Arsenault, Paul R ^a   John, Laura St ^b   O'Brien, Liam M ^c,d  

^a Saint Josephs College   (United States)

^b Maine General Medical Center   (United States)

^c Colby College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; community health worker; immunochemical fecal occult blood test; primary care; screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICARE; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROPHYLAXIS; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COOPERATION; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84978299742     PISSN: 10622551     EISSN: 19451474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000029     Document Type: Article

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