Telephone Outreach to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in an Urban Minority Population
Charles E. Basch, PhD,
Randi L. Wolf, PhD, MPH,
Corey H. Brouse, EdD,
Celia Shmukler, MD,
Alfred Neugut, MD, PhD,
Lawrence T. DeCarlo, PhD and
Steven Shea, MD, MS
Charles E. Basch and Randi L. Wolf are with the Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY. Corey H. Brouse is with the Department of Health Promotion and Wellness, State University of New York, Oswego. Celia Shmukler is with the Disease Management and Wellness Program, 1199 National Benefit Fund, New York, NY. Alfred Neugut is with the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. Charles E. Basch and Alfred Neugut are also with the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, NY. Lawrence T. DeCarlo is with the Program in Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics, Teachers College, Columbia University. Steven Shea is with and Alfred Neugut is also with the Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.
FIGURE 1—Recruitment, randomization, intervention delivery, and follow-up of individuals participating in an evaluation of telephone outreach to increase colorectal cancer screening.