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Colorectal and Breast Cancer Screening Status for People in Ontario Provincial Correctional Facilities

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Primary care represents an opportunity to improve health for people who experience imprisonment, and screening for colorectal and breast cancer indicate primary care quality. The study objectives were to examine the proportion of people released from provincial correctional facilities who were overdue for colorectal or breast cancer screening on admission to the correctional facility and who were still overdue after 3 years, and …

Authors

McConnon A; Fung K; Lofters A; Hwang SW; Kouyoumdjian FG

Journal

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 487–493

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

April 2019

DOI

10.1016/j.amepre.2018.11.011

ISSN

0749-3797