Approach

We designed this interactive, web-based tool to allow users to understand how interventions and health policies are anticipated to affect colorectal cancer screening and outcomes in their populations of interest. Users can vary the input parameters and explore how the expected outcomes will change as a result.

Although the model is currently only developed for North Carolina and Oregon, stakeholders in other states can still modify the input parameters to most closely resemble their local populations. We hope that this tool will allow stakeholders to make informed decisions about how to improve colorectal cancer screening locally, paying particular attention to the opportunities to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with colorectal cancer in the population at large and within underserved communities.