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Mailed At-Home Fit Intervention To Increase Colorectal Screenings At Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers, Alexander V. Herrera, Brian Hilgeman, Michelle Buelow, Melissa A. Lemke
Mailed At-Home Fit Intervention To Increase Colorectal Screenings At Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers, Alexander V. Herrera, Brian Hilgeman, Michelle Buelow, Melissa A. Lemke
Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews
Background: Mailed at-home FIT intervention kits to increase colorectal cancer screenings at Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers (SSCHC).
Purpose: It is our goal to increase the current SSCHC colorectal cancer baseline screening rate of 23% to 50% within three years of full at-home FIT kit implementation.
Methods: Colon cancer is the second and third most common cause of cancer death in the United States in Hispanic men and women, respectively. Colonoscopy is the most common method of colon cancer screening, even among low-income patients. However, it has been shown in community health centers that mailed FIT kits are a more …