Grants to Improve Colon Cancer Screening
Colon cancer screening rates are not as high as they should be if we truly want to keep a majority of the population safe from the fatal disease. There is a particular problem with disparity in colon cancer screening rates between different income-level and ethnic backgrounds in our society. Two grants have been issued to assist in improving colon cancer screening rates and reducing the disparity in these rates between different populations.
The University of Arkansas and the Madelia Community Hospital in Minnesota have each separately received grants that are intended to increase the rates of colon cancer screening for specific populations that are currently struggling with low screening rates. The grants will be used to increase education and awareness among those groups that have significantly low rates of colon cancer screening.
Learn more about each of these studies from
this article.
Question of the Day: Should grants for colon cancer screening specifically address the disparity in screening rates between different groups in the U.S. population?photo link
