Abstract
Objectives: To contrast barriers to colon cancer (CRC) screening and Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) completion between rural and urban safety-net patients. Methods: Interviews were administered to 972 patients who were not upto- date with screening. Results: Rural patients were more likely to believe it was helpful to find CRC early (89.7% vs 66.1%, p < .0001), yet were less likely to have received a screening recommendation (36.4% vs. 45.8%, p = .03) or FOBT information (14.5% vs 32.3%, p < .0001) or to have completed an FOBT (22.0% vs 45.8%, p < .0001). Conclusions: Interventions are needed to increase screening recommendation, education and completion, particularly in rural areas.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 289-298 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | American Journal of Health Behavior |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2013 |
Keywords
- Barriers
- Colorectal cancer screening
- Community health centers
- Fecal Occult Blood Test
- Low-income patients
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Social Psychology