Research ArticleOriginal Research
Mailed Letter Versus Phone Call to Increase Uptake of Cancer Screening: A Pragmatic, Randomized Trial
Tara Kiran, Sam Davie, Rahim Moineddin and Aisha Lofters
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine November 2018, 31 (6) 857-868; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.06.170369
Tara Kiran
From Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (TK, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, SD, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, 500 Toronto, Ontario (TK, RM, AL); Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, RM, AL); Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario (RM, AL).
MD, MScSam Davie
From Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (TK, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, SD, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, 500 Toronto, Ontario (TK, RM, AL); Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, RM, AL); Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario (RM, AL).
MScRahim Moineddin
From Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (TK, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, SD, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, 500 Toronto, Ontario (TK, RM, AL); Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, RM, AL); Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario (RM, AL).
PhDAisha Lofters
From Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (TK, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, SD, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, 500 Toronto, Ontario (TK, RM, AL); Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, RM, AL); Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario (RM, AL).
MD, PhD
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The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine
Vol. 31, Issue 6
November-December 2018
Mailed Letter Versus Phone Call to Increase Uptake of Cancer Screening: A Pragmatic, Randomized Trial
Tara Kiran, Sam Davie, Rahim Moineddin, Aisha Lofters
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Nov 2018, 31 (6) 857-868; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.06.170369
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