Asian men not participating. Further, it also does not address the diversity of Māori or Pacific people eligible to participate. The 2012 The perspective of primary care on the BSP is limited to the immersion visit participants from six general practices from Waitemata report (Litmus Primary Health Organisation (PHO) and Procare. 2013a) The 2013 High Good coverage of providers involved in investigation, immersion surveillance and treatment stages of the BSP screening report (Litmus pathway. 2014) Immersion Medium The perspective of primary care on the BSP is limited to the interviews with participants from ten general practices from Waitemata general practice PHO and Procare. and WDHB staff Variations in processes and opinion on general practice (Litmus 2014c) were noted across the ten practices. Qualitative Medium Findings are dependent on participants’ recall of the order interviews with of events and experiences on the BSP screening pathway. BSP participants Undertaking ten qualitative interviews means the diversity (Litmus 2014c) of Māori and Pacific BSP participants may not be covered, and Asian people and European were not included therefore not all experiences of those participating in the BSP have been explored. Two Māori and five Pacific participants were informed about their iFOBT results by the Endoscopy Unit. Participants were not screened as it was assumed that most would have received their positive iFOBT result via their general practice. Further, the pool from which to draw the purposive sample was too small to screen participants out. The sample achieved enabled the exploration of participants’ experience of hearing about their results via the Endoscopy Unit and whether they would have preferred to have received their results from their general practice. 3. Evaluation findings 3.1 Participation and outcomes Evaluation objectives addressed in section Participation and coverage - To determine the level of participation and coverage for the eligible and invited populations, including sub-populations (defined by sex, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and rural representation). experience - To assess the performance and acceptability of the chosen iFOBT in the New Zealand context including the positivity rates in New Zealand, positive predictive values for adenomas and cancers, technical repeat rates and false positive rates.
Asian men not participating. Further, it also does not address the diversity of Māori or Pacific people eligible to participate. The 2012 immersion visit report (Litmus 2013a) The perspective of primary care on the BSP is limited to the participants from six general practices from Waitemata Primary Health Organisation (PHO) and Procare. The 2013 immersion report (Litmus 2014) High Good coverage of providers involved in investigation, surveillance and treatment stages of the BSP screening pathway. Immersion interviews with general practice and WDHB staff (Litmus 2014c) Medium The perspective of primary care on the BSP is limited to the participants from ten general practices from Waitemata PHO and Procare. Variations in processes and opinion on general practice were noted across the ten practices. Qualitative interviews with BSP participants (Litmus 2014c) Medium Findings are dependent on participants’ recall of the order of events and experiences on the BSP screening pathway. Undertaking ten qualitative interviews means the diversity of Māori and Pacific BSP participants may not be covered, and Asian people and European were not included therefore not all experiences of those participating in the BSP have been explored. Two Māori and five Pacific participants were informed about their iFOBT results by the Endoscopy Unit. Participants were not screened as it was assumed that most would have received their positive iFOBT result via their general practice. Further, the pool from which to draw the purposive sample was too small to screen participants out. The sample achieved enabled the exploration of participants’ experience of hearing about their results via the Endoscopy Unit and whether they would have preferred to have received their results from their general practice. 3. Evaluation findings 3.1 Participation and outcomes Evaluation objectives addressed in section Participation and coverage - To determine the level of participation and coverage for the eligible and invited populations, including sub-populations (defined by sex, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and rural representation). experience - To assess the performance and acceptability of the chosen iFOBT in the New Zealand context including the positivity rates in New Zealand, positive predictive values for adenomas and cancers, technical repeat rates and false positive rates.
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