Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
This randomized controlled trial will evaluate whether evidence-based self-sampling tools improve the cancer screening process among underscreened patients. Participants who are eligible but out-of-date for colorectal cancer screening, cervical cancer screening, or both will be randomized to either usual practice or an intervention that includes mailed self-sampling tools for the appropriate cancer screening test. Primary outcomes include screening initiation (within 12 months of enrollment) and screening completion (within 18 months of enrollment), for each cancer type. Secondary outcomes include repeat screening adherence and receipt of diagnostic resolution following abnormal screening results.
In the US, tens of thousands of people die from screen-preventable cancers each year. Failures occur across the entire cancer screening process, from screening initiation, to screening completion (i.e., receipt of a normal screening result or diagnostic resolution after an abnormal result), to repeat screening. Providing patients with self-sampling tools can improve these outcomes. These self-sampling tools (fecal immunochemical test \[FIT\] for colorectal cancer \[CRC\] screening and self-collected human papillomavirus \[HPV\] test for cervical cancer screening) enable patients to collect a s…
Inclusion Criteria: * active patient at Penn State Health Department of Family and Community Medicine * patients eligible but out-of-date for routine colorectal cancer screening and/or routine cervical cancer screening * able to read and write in English, Spanish, or Nepali Exclusion Criteria: * patients ineligible for routine colorectal and/or cervical cancer screening * patients up-to-date on routine colorectal and/or cervical cancer screening (as applicable) * not able to read and write in English, Spanish, or Nepali
Routine mailed reminders and health system communication encouraging completion of guideline-recommended cancer screening.
Education materials, instructions, and support documents accompanying mailed self-sampling kits.
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