Changes in colorectal cancer screening intention among people aged 18–49 in the United States

BMC Public Health

Karen M Emmons³  Elizabeth Gonzalez Suarez¹  Sapna Syngal²  Kim Sprunck-Harrild¹  Elaine Puleo⁴  Mary L Greaney⁵ 

[1] Center for Community-Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA;Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA;Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02215, USA;University of Massachusetts, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Amherst, MA 01003, USA;Health Studies & Department of Kinesiology, University of Rhode Island, 25 West Independence Way, Kingston, RI 02881, USA

关键词: Low-income population;    Screening intentions;    Cancer screening;    Colorectal cancer;   

Others  :  1128083
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-901

 received in 2014-01-20, accepted in 2014-08-26,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

To determine whether exposure to a peer-led intervention focused on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, physical activity, and multi-vitamin intake can lead to increased intentions to be screened for CRC once age eligible among adults under the age of 50.

Methods

Participants were residents of low-income housing sites, and CRC screening intentions were assessed at baseline and at follow-up (approximately 2 years later) to determine changes in screening intentions and factors associated with changes in intentions.

Results

Participants (n = 692) were 78.4% female, 42.6% Hispanic and 50.8% black. At follow-up, 51% maintained their intention to be screened and 14.6% newly intended to get screened. Individuals newly intending to get screened were more likely to have participated in the intervention, be older, male, and born in Puerto Rico or the United States compared to those who maintained their intention not to get screened (p < 0.05).

Conclusion

Exposure to CRC prevention messages before the age of 50 can increase screening intentions among individuals who did not initially intend to get screened. Peer-led interventions to promote CRC screening should include individual less than 50 years of age, as this may contribute to increased screening at the recommended age threshold.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Greaney et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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