Colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in Alabama.  If you are 50 or older, get screened for colorectal cancer.  Ask your doctor about screening options for colorectal cancer, including the new take-home test called FIT or iFOBT.  If you are at high risk for colorectal cancer, you may need to be screened more frequently.  Read more on screening and testing.

The FITWAY Alabama CRC Prevention Program

The Fitway Program facilitates a comprehensive statewide educational program designed to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates to 80% by 2014 among those 50 years of age and older.

The FITWAY Alabama CRC Prevention Program’s goals include:

• promoting U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) screening guidelines and quality assurance standards for CRC screening;
• decreasing racial disparities in CRC screening; 
• decreasing incidence rates and mortality rates of CRC;
• increasing patient adherence to CRC screening recommendations as well as test and preparation guidelines; and
• reducing structural barriers in patient navigation and patient access.

Alabama is one of 26 states and tribal organizations to receive a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for CRC prevention.  The Fitway program also includes limited screening services in eligible counties within Alabama. For more of our goals and objectives, see the 
CDC Logic Model for the FITWAY Program.