Colorectal Cancer Screening Health Communication, Health Literacy, and Acculturation for Latinos in a Managed Care Organization

Staff
Bridget Gaglio, PI, Kaiser Colorado

Goal
This study will expand a current study testing health literacy and orally transmitted health messages (HL-O, Kathy Mazor, PI) to a Latino population. Additional goals are to conduct a preliminary analysis of Latinos’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards colorectal cancer screening to inform future interventions testing prevention and screening messages tailored to this population, and to contribute to the CCRC focus on optimizing communication processes with Latino patients.

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Improving Physician-Parent Communication to Reduce Home Medication Errors and Improve Adherence in Children

Staff
Kathleen Walsh, PI, Meyers Primary Care Institute

Goal
The goal of this study is to inform and activate parents, and support self management of complex medication regimens in outpatient pediatric cancer care.  Specifically we will assess parent understanding of instructions about home medication regimens for children with cancer; assess how the level of understanding of those regimens affects home medication errors and nonadherence; develop an intervention to improve parents’ understanding of instructions; and assess the feasibility of disseminating this communication tool using the RE-AIM framework.

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