BACKGROUND Follow-up after a positive colorectal cancer screening test is necessary for screening to be effective. We hypothesized that nurse navigation would increase the completion of colonoscopy after a positive screening test. METHODS This study was conducted between 2008 and 2012 at 21 primary care medical centers in western Washington State. Participants in the Systems of Support to Inc...

BACKGROUND We (i) described variability in colorectal cancer (CRC) test use across multiple levels, including physician, clinic, and neighborhood; and (ii) compared the performance of novel cross-classified models versus traditional hierarchical models. METHODS We examined multilevel variation in CRC test use among patients not up-to-date with screening in a large, urban safety net health sys...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility of a call-in centre to deliver colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in primary care through self-administered fecal occult blood testing (FOBT). DESIGN Four-month intervention study (September 2010 to January 2011) with randomly selected follow-up interviews. SETTING The family medicine clinics of 3 hospitals in Montreal, Que. PARTICIPANTS Letters from d...

INTRODUCTION Schistosomiasis is endemic in 74 countries and is considered a serious public health problem in some locations. METHODS A transverse study was performed of 13 landless settlements in southern Sergipe from February to December 2009. The study included 822 settlers, of whom 601 underwent stool testing. RESULTS The prevalence of schistosomiasis in landless workers was 4.3%. The po...

As part of an ongoing study by the Biological Field Station, the Susquehanna River was monitored during the summer of2000 to ensure that the water quality below the Village of Cooperstown Water Treatment Plant was maintained within regulated limits. Weekly, water quality was monitored for fecal colifonn bacteria, as well as other chemical and physical characteristics. Results show that total ph...

BACKGROUND Colonoscopic based surveillance is recommended for patients at increased risk of colorectal cancer. The appropriate interval between surveillance colonoscopies remains in debate, as is the "miss rate" for colorectal cancer within such screening programmes. AIMS The main aim of this study was to determine whether a one-off interval faecal occult blood test (FOBT) facilitates the det...

BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer is the third most frequent cancer in the world. As the sojourn time for this cancer is several years and a good prognosis is associated with early stage diagnosis, screening has been implemented in a number of countries. Both screening with faecal occult blood test and flexible sigmoidoscopy have been shown to reduce mortality from colorectal cancer in randomised co...

The intent of this research was to address the following question: Will an alteration in the drug aspiration technique cause a significant difference in the incidence of multidose vial contamination? The control group consisted of multidose vials collected at the end of each day from staff anesthetists. The use of these vials reflected the practice technique of a single needle and syringe for e...

BACKGROUND Self-report may not be an accurate method of determining cervical, breast and colorectal cancer screening rates due to recall, acquiescence and social desirability biases, particularly for certain sociodemographic groups. Therefore, the aims of this study were to determine the validity of self-report of cancer screening in Ontario, Canada, both for people in the general population an...