Intervention Protocol

Interventions for improving uptake of population-based screening for colorectal cancer using fecal occult blood testing

  1. Ingrid HK Flight1,*,
  2. Carlene L Wilson2,
  3. Leanne Griffiths3,
  4. Ronald E Myers4

Editorial Group: Cochrane Colorectal Cancer Group

Published Online: 8 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005035

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Flight IHK, Wilson CL, Griffiths L, Myers RE. Interventions for improving uptake of population-based screening for colorectal cancer using fecal occult blood testing (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2004, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD005035. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005035.

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  1. 1

    CSIRO, Human Nutrition, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

  2. 2

    CSIRO Health Sciences & Nutrition, Consumer Science Program, Adelaide BC, Australia

  3. 3

    CSIRO Health Sciences & Nutrition, Adelaide BC, SA, Australia

  4. 4

    Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Division of Genetic and Preventive Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

*Ingrid HK Flight, Human Nutrition, CSIRO, 13 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide, South Australia, SA 5000, Australia. Ingrid.Flight@csiro.au.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 8 OCT 2008

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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

The objectives of this review are:

1. To assess the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve the uptake of an initial (first-time) FOBT by those regarded to be at average risk of colorectal cancer.

2. To assess the effectiveness of interventions undertaken to improve adherence to repeat (serial) FOBT screening by those regarded to be at average risk of colorectal cancer.

The term "average risk" applies to persons without a predisposition to the disease, whose only risk factor is that their age is greater than 50 years.

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