Can a print-based intervention increase screening for first degree relatives of people with colorectal cancer? A randomised controlled trial.
CONCLUSIONS: Provision of personalised risk information may have a modest effect on adherence to CRC screening recommendations among first degree relatives of people diagnosed with CRC.
IMPLICATIONS: Improved strategies for identifying and engaging first degree relatives are needed to maximise the population impact of the intervention.
PMID: 27625308 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Carey M, Sanson-Fisher R, Macrae F, Cameron E, Hill D, D'Este C, Simmons J, Doran C Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research
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