Using Patients’ Social Contact to Improve Out-Patient Endoscopy Among Blacks

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients referred for out-patient colonoscopy by primary care physicians
Patients scheduled for out-patient screening colonoscopy
Patients scheduled for out-patient upper endoscopy

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients who were referred for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening as in-patients
Patients with personal history of familial adenomatous polyposis syndrome (FAP)
Patients with family history of Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome (HNPCC)
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Patients with Crohn's disease
Patients with ulcerative colitis
Patients with personal history of CRC
Patients who have had colonic resection