Screening for Colorectal Cancer at the Worksite

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men and women in the United States. To increase statewide CRC screening rates, the Alabama Department of Public Health (through a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] Colorectal Cancer Control Program grant) partnered with The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and The University of South Alabama (USA) to provide free CRC screening opportunities to eligible University employees and dependents. Resources were invested at both universities to ensure participant education, tracking, and monitoring. In total, 86 fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) were distributed at the UAH campus and 62 were returned for testing; 146 FITs were distributed on the USA campus with 111 returned. Fecal immunochemical test return rates were over 70% at each site. Most notably, 21 positive FITs were identified among UAH participants and 25 at USA. Findings from both efforts suggest that employer-based screening initiatives are a systematic and replicable means of improving CRC screening.

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Economic Evaluation of Interventions to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening at Federally Qualified Health Centers

Health Promotion Practice ◽

10.1177/1524839920954168 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 877-883

Author(s):

Florence K. L. Tangka ◽

Sujha Subramanian ◽

Sonja Hoover ◽

Amy DeGroff ◽

Djenaba Joseph ◽

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Keyword(s):

Colorectal Cancer ◽

Program Implementation ◽

Cancer Control ◽

Control Program ◽

Evidence Base ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Crc Screening ◽

Screening Uptake ◽

Cancer Control Program

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a long-standing commitment to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening for vulnerable populations. In 2005, the CDC began a demonstration in five states and, with lessons learned, launched a national program, the Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP), in 2009. The CRCCP continues today and its current emphasis is the implementation of evidence-based interventions to promote CRC screening. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of four CRCCP awardees and their federally qualified health center partners as an introduction to the accompanying series of research briefs where we present individual findings on impacts of evidence-based interventions on CRC screening uptake for each awardee. We also include in this article the conceptual framework used to guide our research. Our findings contribute to the evidence base and guide future program implementation to improve sustainability, increase CRC screening, and address disparities in screening uptake.

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Characterizing clinics with differential changes in the screening rate in the Colorectal Cancer Control Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cancer ◽

10.1002/cncr.33325 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Krishna P. Sharma ◽

Steven Leadbetter ◽

Amy DeGroff

Keyword(s):

Colorectal Cancer ◽

Disease Control ◽

Cancer Control ◽

Control Program ◽

Screening Rate ◽

Control And Prevention ◽

Centers For Disease Control ◽

Cancer Control Program

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Programs of the Cancer Control Program—U. S. Public Health Service

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.40.3.527 ◽

1967 ◽

Vol 40 (3) ◽

pp. 527-528

Author(s):

Charles J. A. Schulte

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Cervical Cancer ◽

Health Service ◽

Public Health Service ◽

Environmental Control ◽

Cancer Control ◽

Control Program ◽

The United States ◽

The Public ◽

Cancer Control Program

ON JANUARY 1, 1967, the Cancer Control Program will become part of the National Center for Chronic Disease Control within the Public Health Service's new Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control. Our primary mission is to stimulate and encourage the application of currently available techniques of cancer prevention, cancer detection, and cancer control to the community at the grass roots level. If this will be the case after the reorganization remains to be seen. Figure 1 shows the new organization of the Public Health Service. By way of illustration, I think it would be well to briefly outline a few of our activities. An area of heavy emphasis has been the use of the Papanicolaou smears for cervical cancer control. These programs have been responsible for developing certified cytotechnology training schools, supporting and training large numbers of cytotechnicians. In addition, we are supporting some 90 hospital-based cervical cancer screening projects across the country. A program to encourage the general practitioner to screen his private patients in the office is jointly sponsored by the American Academy of General Practice and the Cancer Control Program. The very grave problem in the United States of smoking and carcinoma of the lung is the major responsibility of tile National Clearinghouse for Smoking and Health, a part of the Division of Chronic Diseases which developed out of the Cancer Control Program. We are engaged in a number of developmental projects, such as the flexible fiber optic proctosigmoidoscope. We hope to be able to produce a proctosigmoidoscope that will reach the splenic flexure.

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