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Adaptation of a Community Health Advisor Intervention to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African Americans
Matthew A Vargas1, Olayemi O Matthew1, Deloria R Jackson1
1College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health, Florida A&M University, 1515 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA.
Abstract:
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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