Adaptation of a Community Health Advisor Intervention to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African Americans in the Southern United States

Community health advisor (CHA) interventions increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates. African Americans experience CRC disparities in incidence and mortality rates compared to whites in the US. Focus groups and learner verification were used to adapt National Cancer Institute CRC screening...

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Published inCancer health disparities Vol. 5
Main Authors Vargas, Matthew A, Matthew, Olayemi O, Jackson, Deloria R, Austin, Tifini, Tawk, Rima, Wallace, Kristin, Gwede, Clement K, Luque, John S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 2021
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African Americans
colorectal cancer screening
health disparities
Colorectal cancer
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Summary:Community health advisor (CHA) interventions increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates. African Americans experience CRC disparities in incidence and mortality rates compared to whites in the US. Focus groups and learner verification were used to adapt National Cancer Institute CRC screening educational materials for delivery by a CHA to African American community health center patients. Such academic-community collaboration improves adoption of evidence-based interventions. This short article describes the adaptation of an evidence-based cancer education intervention for implementation in an African American community.
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This manuscript was conceived by J.S.L. J.S.L. and M.A.V. led the writing. All authors contributed to writing and editing the manuscript.
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ISSN:2573-9530