Intervention description
cancer
CANCER
Briefly, the mailed FIT intervention consisted of an introductory letter notifying patients that they would be receiving a FIT in the mail, followed by a mailed FIT kit and up to two mailed reminders. This intervention, described in detail elsewhere [The mailed FIT outreach activities were performed by a team working at an academic cancer center on behalf of and in coordination with staff at the FQHC clinic. FIT kits were mailed in February 2022 to eligible patients. The FITs were mailed and processed at no cost to the patient. The team also provided phone-based patient navigation to support patients with an abnormal FIT result in the completion of a follow-up colonoscopy. The patient navigation component was included because patients are not considered up-to-date with CRC screening unless they complete a follow-up colonoscopy after an abnormal FIT. As in the parent study, patient navigation focused on assessing and addressing patients’ financial, transportation, emotional, and informational barriers to colonoscopy [