Cancer Screening; Access; Awareness; Navigation
Colorectal Cancer Screening
About this trial
This is an interventional screening trial for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female ages 45-74
- Speaks English and resides in or near the South Shore community area or utilizes the Mile Square Englewood Heath Center
- Have not had CRC screening in the previous 12 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Adults ages <45 or >75
- Does not speak English
- Does not reside in or near the South Shore Community area and do not utilize Mile Square Englewood Heath Center
- Have had CRC screening in the previous 12 months
Sites / Locations
- University of Illinois
- Mile Square Health Center - Englewood
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Community Intervention Group/Arm 1
Standard of Care (Control) Arm 2
Community navigators will work with local businesses (barber shop, hair salon) to identify and screen eligible community members within or near the South Shore community area. The navigator will engage with each potential participant using the attached script. If the participant is interested, the navigator will document the participant's contact information, and assist the participant in obtaining and returning their FIT. Community navigators will attend community events to post the informational flyer and provide education about CRC to community members. At these events, they will identify and screen eligible community members within or near the South Shore community area. The navigator will engage with each potential participant using the attached script. If the participant is interested, the navigator will document the participant's contact information, and assist the participant in obtaining and returning their FIT.
These procedures are a detailed summary of the existing lay navigation program at Mile Square Health Center (MSHC). These procedures are unrelated to our research, except to demonstrate how the existing navigation program from which we will obtain deidentified data works. Lay clinic navigator use clinic schedules and walk-ins to identify and screen eligible participants within the Englewood MSHC. The navigator engages with each potential participant using standard scripted language. For interested patients, the navigator documents interest and FIT dispensing as appropriate, and assists the patient in obtaining and returning their FIT. Lay clinic navigators attend community events as normally scheduled to provide community-based health education and referral to the MSHC. At these events, they identify and screen eligible community members within the Englewood community area.