Abraham Aragones|Mark D. Schwartz|Nirav R. Shah|Francesca Gany
A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multilevel Intervention to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening among Latino Immigrants in a Primary Care Facility
SUNY Downstate Medical Center|State University of New York|New York University|New York University|New York University
latino immigrants face higher burden colorectal cancer crc screening rates lowto assess effectiveness multilevel intervention increasing rate crc screening among latino immigrantsa randomized controlled trial randomization physician levelpairs 65 primary care physicians 65 latino immigrant patients participated 31 intervention 34 control groupcrc educational video spanish portable personal digital video display device accompanied brochure key information patient patientdelivered paperbased reminder physiciancompleted crc screening physician recommendation crc screening patient adherence physician recommended crc screeningthe overall rate completed screening crc 55 intervention 18 control group p 0002 physicians recommended crc screening 61 patients intervention group versus 41 control group p 008 received recommendation 90 intervention group adhered versus 26 control group p 0007the intervention successful increasing rates completed crc screening primarily increasing adherence screening recommended additional efforts focus developing new strategies increase physician recommendation crc screening employing effective patient adherence interventions