title: Contrasts in rural and urban barriers to colorectal cancer screening.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To contrast barriers to colon cancer (CRC) screening and Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) completion between rural and urban safety-net patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interviews were administered to 972 patients who were not up-to-date with screening.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Rural patients were more likely to believe it was helpful to find CRC early (89.7% vs 66.1%, p < .0001), yet were less likely to have received a screening recommendation (36.4% vs. 45.8%, p = .03) or FOBT information (14.5% vs 32.3%, p < .0001) or to have completed an FOBT (22.0% vs 45.8%, p < .0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions are needed to increase screening recommendation, education and completion, particularly in rural areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA. tdavis1@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Terry C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rademaker
authors.forename: Stacy Cooper
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: Daci
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Platt
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Esparza
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Connie L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Arnold
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000523:psychology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012424:Rural Population; D020377:Self Efficacy; D014505:Urban Population