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Shared Decision-Making® Program Research

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Should a Colon Cancer Screening Decision Aid Include the Option of No Testing? A Comparative Trial Comparing Two Decision Aid Videos

Griffith JM, Fichter M, Fowler FJ, et  al. Should a colon cancer screening decision aid include the option of no testing? A comparative trial of two decision aids.  BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008;5(8):10.  Read the abstract.
Posted in Patient Decision Aids | Tagged cancer screening, colon cancer screening, decision aids, Shared Decision-Making® programs | Permalink

The Uptake and Effect of a Mailed Multi-modal Colon Cancer Screening Intervention: A Pilot Controlled Trial

Lewis CL, Brenner AT, Griffith JM, et al. The uptake and effect of a mailed multi-modal colon cancer screening intervention: A pilot controlled trial. Implement Sci. 2008;3:32.  Read the abstract.
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Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Funded Research

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The Effect of a Decision Aid on the Quality of Colon Cancer Screening

The primary goal of this study is to determine whether the decision aid increases patient knowledge about colon cancer screening. The secondary goal of the study is to assess the degree to which use of the decision aid affects participants’ values and actual choice of particular screening tests. Continue reading
Posted in Decision Aid Effectiveness, George Bennett Grants, Investigator-Initiated Research | Tagged colon cancer screening, decision aids, values concordance | Permalink

Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Decision Aids

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Is Colon Cancer Screening Right for You?

If you're thinking about colon cancer screening, you have a few choices to make. First, is screening right for you? If so, what type of screening should you pick? To help people make both of these choices, the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation has developed a Shared Decision-Making® program called Colon Cancer Screening: Deciding What's Right for You. Continue reading
Posted in Screening and Testing Programs | Tagged cancer screening, colon cancer, colon cancer screening, colon screening, colonoscopy, fecal occult blood, polyps, sigmoidoscopy, virtual colonoscopy | Permalink