A Randomized Controlled Calendar Mail-Out to Increase Cancer Screening Among Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Patients
| Autor: | Rebecca Corpuz, Clemma Jacobsen, Ralph Forquera, Dedra Buchwald, Ardith Z. Doorenbos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male Gerontology Adolescent Population Article law.invention Young Adult Randomized controlled trial Chart Abstraction law Neoplasms Cancer screening Humans Medicine Postal Service education Early Detection of Cancer Minority Groups Aged Aged 80 and over Receipt education.field_of_study business.industry Random assignment Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Cancer Middle Aged medicine.disease Health equity Oncology Indians North American Female business Alaska Art |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cancer Education. 26:549-554 |
| ISSN: | 1543-0154 0885-8195 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13187-011-0217-z |
| Popis: | This study seeks to ascertain whether a culturally tailored art calendar could improve participation in cancer screening activities. We conducted a randomized, controlled calendar mail-out in which a Native art calendar was sent by first class mail to 5,633 patients seen at an urban American Indian clinic during the prior 2 years. Using random assignment, half of the patients were mailed a "message" calendar with screening information and reminders on breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer; the other half received a calendar without messages. The receipt of cancer screening services was ascertained through chart abstraction in the following 15 months. In total, 5,363 observations (health messages n = 2,695; no messages n = 2,668) were analyzed. The calendar with health messages did not result in increased receipt of any cancer-related prevention outcome compared to the calendar without health messages. We solicited clinic input to create a culturally appropriate visual intervention to increase cancer screening in a vulnerable, underserved urban population. Our results suggest that printed materials with health messages are likely too weak an intervention to produce the desired behavioral outcomes in cancer screening. |
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