Dr. Ramon Cancino and Dr. Rebecca Jones

Avanzando Center Research Scholar Project: “Check Mate: Fighting Colorectal Cancer Through Screening”

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of an equity-focused colorectal cancer (CRC) Screening Program that utilizes the Avanzando Center SDoH Screening Tool (SDoH Screening Tool), provides participant-tailored resource guides, and patient navigation to improve screening adherence amongst UT Health San Antonio primary care, mostly Latino, male patients, between the ages of 45-75, who are due or overdue for CRC screening and live in census tracts identified as being in persistent poverty.

The SDoH to be addressed in this study include: healthcare access and quality, economic stability, neighborhood and built environment, discrimination, and male-patient related factors. This will be accomplished by: 1) conducting a two-arm randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of an equity-focused Colorectal Cancer Screening Program (Arm 2) vs. usual care (Arm 1), on screening adherence among mostly Latino, male patients, between ages 45-75, who are due or overdue for CRC screening and live in census tracts identified as being in persistent poverty; and 2) utilizing the Health Equity Implementation Framework and Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to contextualize the effectiveness of the equity-focused CRC Screening Program.