Effective interventions to facilitate the uptake of breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening: an implementation guideline

Table 1 Summary of recommendations of cancer care Ontario's Cancer Screening Uptake Expert Panel for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening

Population-based interventions to increase demand for screening				References
Intervention	Breast	Cervical	Colorectal
Client reminders	Recommended			[16–33]
Client incentives alone	There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against this intervention.
Mass media alone	There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against this intervention.			[34–56]
Small media	Recommended
Group education	There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against this intervention.			[57–74]
One-on-one education	Recommended	Recommended	Consider
Population-based interventions to reduce barriers to obtaining screening				References
Intervention	Breast	Cervical	Colorectal
Reducing structural barriers	Recommended	Recommended	There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against this intervention.	[75–80]
Reducing out-of-pocket costs	There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against this intervention for the Ontario context.
Interventions directed at healthcare providers to increase screening				References
Interventions	Breast	Cervical	Colorectal	[81–89]
Provider assessment and feedback	Recommended
Provider incentives	There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against this intervention.

Note: Recommendation table template designed by the United States (US) Task Force on Community Preventive Services [13].

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