Prescribe for Health: Improving Cancer Screening in Physician Practices Serving Low-Income and Minority Populations

199869 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Clara Manfredi · University of Illinois Chicago

Abstract

Implementation of an HMO-mediated, multicomponent intervention to improve cancer screening was feasible and effective for the Papanicolaou smear, fecal occult blood slide test, and the clinical breast examination, but not for mammography.

Topics & Keywords

Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Public Health Policies and Education Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Family Medicine

Volume 7, Issue 4, pp. 329-337

DOI: 10.1001/archfami.7.4.329

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