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Practice Adaptive Reserve and Colorectal Cancer Screening Best Practices at Community Health Center Clinics in Seven States
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Dec 18 2014
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Source: Cancer. 121(8):1241-1248.
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Alternative Title:Cancer
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Description:Background
Enhancing the capability of community health centers to implement best practices may mitigate health disparities. We investigated the association of Practice Adaptive Reserve (PAR) to implementation of Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) colorectal cancer (CRC) screening best practices (BPs) at community health center clinics in seven states.
Methods
A convenience sample of clinic staff participated in a self-administered online survey. We scored eight PCMH CRC screening BPs as a composite ranging from 0–32. The PAR composite score was scaled from 0 to 1 then categorized into three levels. Multilevel analyses examined the relationship between PAR and self-reported implementation of the PCMH BPs.
Results
Out of 296 respondents, 59% reported 6 or more PCMH BPs at their clinics. The mean PAR score was 0.66 (s.d. 0.18) and PCMH BP mean scores were significantly higher for respondents who reported higher clinic PAR categories. Compared to the lowest PAR level, adjusted PCMH BP means were 25.0 percent higher at the middle PAR level (Difference = 3.2, SE = 1.3, t = 2.44, p = 0.015) and 63.2 percent higher at the highest PAR level (Difference = 8.0, SE = 1.9, t = 4.86, p < 0.0001).
Conclusion
Higher Adaptive Reserve, as measured by the PAR score, is positively associated with self-reported implementation of PCMH CRC screening BPs by clinic staff. Future research is needed to determine PAR levels most conducive to implementing CRC screening and to develop interventions that enhance PAR in primary care settings.
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Pubmed ID:25524651
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC4393345
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Volume:121
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Issue:8
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