Helen Cole|Hayley S. Thompson|Marilyn Domas White|Ruth Browne|Chau Trinh?Shevrin|R. Scott Braithwaite|Kevin Fiscella|Carla Boutin?Foster|Joseph Ravenell
Community-Based, Preclinical Patient Navigation for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Older Black Men Recruited From Barbershops: The MISTER B Trial
New York University|Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health|New York University|Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health|New York University|Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health|New York University|Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health|New York University|Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health|Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health|New York University|Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health|New York University|Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health|New York University|Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health|New York University
objectives test effectiveness preclinical telephonebased patient navigation intervention encourage colorectal cancer crc screening among older black men methods conducted 3parallelarm randomized trial among 731 selfidentified black men recruited barbershops 2010 2013 new york city participants aged 50 years older uptodate crc screening uncontrolled high blood pressure working telephone randomized participants 1 3 groups 1 patient navigation community health worker crc screening pn 2 motivational interviewing blood pressure control trained counselor mint 3 interventions plus assessed crc screening completion 6month followup results intenttotreat analysis revealed participants navigation interventions significantly likely mintonly group screened crc 6month study period 175 participants pn 178 plus 84 mint p lt 01 conclusions telephonebased preclinical patient navigation potential effective older black men results indicate importance communitybased health interventions improving health among minority men