Low-Literacy Physician-Patient Intervention Promoting Colorectal Cancer Screening
Colorectal Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Colorectal Cancer focused on measuring Early Detection of Cancer, Colorectal Cancer Screening
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients aged 50-75 years of age (in month 1 of the study)
- Patients have had two or more visits to the clinic during the past two years
- ACCESS Community Health Network patients
- University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System patients
- Patients ages 50 - 75 as of the start of the intervention study
- English or Spanish-Speaking
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients <50 or > 75 years of age
- Patients who have had fewer than two or more visits to the clinic during the past two years
- Personal history of CRC or colorectal polyps, or of inflammatory bowel disease and a family history with a first-degree relative with CRC or colorectal polyps.
- Unable to speak English or Spanish
- Compliant with CRC screening (FOBT or FIT within the past year; flexible sigmoidoscopy within past 5 years; colonoscopy within past 10 years)
Sites / Locations
- Access Community Health Network
- University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
No Intervention
Experimental
Experimental
Control
Physician Intervention
Physician and Patient Intervention
Participants will complete interviewer-administered pre- and post-test
Physicians at these clinics will participate in 6 training sessions over the course of 3 1/2 years; training sessions relate to colorectal cancer screening guidelines, communication skills, and health literacy training
Physicians at these clinics will participate in 6 training sessions over the course of 3 1/2 years; training sessions relate to colorectal cancer (CRC) screening guidelines, communication skills, and health literacy training; patients in this condition will also view an educational digital video disc (DVD) on CRC and CRC screening