Evaluating Tools for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Summary

The study will evaluate the effect of familial risk assessment and prevention prompts tailored to familial risk on health behaviors and use of preventive services among adults who are members of primary care practices in the U.S.

Conditions

• Coronary Heart Disease
• Stroke
• Diabetes
• Breast Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Familial risk assessment and personalized prevention messages

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Case Western Reserve University

  collaborator OTHER

• American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network

  collaborator NETWORK

• Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Michigan

  collaborator OTHER

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  lead FED

Principal Investigators

• Louise S Acheson, MD, MS · Case Western Reserve University Department of Family Medicine & CWRU/UHC Comprehensive Cancer Center

• Wendy S Rubinstein, MD, PhD · Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute

• Suzanne M O'Neill, MA, MS, PhD · Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute

• Mack T Ruffin IV, MD, MPH · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

35 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2005-09-30

Completion

2007-10-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations