Colonoscopy Education Among African-American Males in the Primary Care Setting of Bronx County, New York

Healthcare disparities are prevalent throughout the United States of America, particularly among low socioeconomic communities and minority groups. As primary care providers in Bronx, New York, the authors have noted that African American males often decline colonoscopy screening measures more frequently than other minorities. Ironically, the same cohort of African American men has the highest incidence of colon cancer and less favorable outcomes from chemotherapy intervention. In hopes of making a segue into a more informed conversation with our patients, we have developed an informative fact sheet for patients and their families on the basis of evidence-based literature. The objective was to employ this fact sheet to educate patients about colorectal cancer screening in an understandable and clinically effective manner.