J Community Health

While colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates have been increasing in the general population, rates are considerably lower in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which serve a large proportion of uninsured and medically vulnerable patients. Efforts to screen eligible patients must be accelerated if we are to reach the national screening goal of 80% by 2018 and beyond. To inform this work, we conducted a survey of key informants at FQHCs in eight states to determine which evidence-based interventions (EBIs) to promote CRC screening are currently being used, and which implementation strategies are being employed to ensure that the interventions are executed as intended. One hundred and forty-eight FQHCs were invited to participate in the study, and 56 completed surveys were received for a response rate of 38%. Results demonstrated that provider reminder and recall systems were the most commonly used EBIs (44.6%) while the most commonly used implementation strategy was the identification of barriers (84.0%). The mean number of EBIs that were fully implemented at the centers was 2.4 (range 0-7) out of seven. Almost one-quarter of respondents indicated that their FQHCs were not using any EBIs to increase CRC screening. Full implementation of EBIs was correlated with higher CRC screening rates. These findings identify gaps as well as the preferences and needs of FQHCs in selecting and implementing EBIs for CRC screening.20182019-03-08T00:00:00ZU48 DP005021/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United StatesU48 DP005053/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United StatesP30 CA086862/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United StatesU48 DP005017/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United StatesU48 DP005013/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United StatesU48 DP005030/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United StatesU48 DP005000/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United StatesU48 DP005014/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States29770945PMC6239992755