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Integration of Cancer Health Activities Into African American Churches

NCT03178383 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 446

Last updated 2022-11-01

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Summary

The proposed project will compare two ways to apply a known-effective cancer educational strategy through African American churches: 1) a standard method vs. 2) a new method in which the churches integrate the strategy into their organizational structure and practice at multiple levels. It will be determined whether this "integrated approach" results in more effective and sustained cancer education and screening activities at both the church and individual levels over time. This project will make important contributions to research in evidence-based medicine and sustainability. In a climate of limited resources, identifying sustainable and effective ways to increase cancer awareness and screening in African American men and women is more important than ever.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Project HEAL

Standard group churches will not be asked to, or provided special encouragement to technical assistance with, institutionalizing health promotion activities in their churches.

BEHAVIORAL

Project HEAL 2.0

In this approach, rather than developing a separate health ministry, cancer activities could be integrated throughout existing church ministries (e.g. men's, women's, seniors).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American Cancer Society, Inc.

    collaborator OTHER

  • Community Ministry of Prince George's County

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Access to Wholistic and Productive Living Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Maryland, College Park

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cheryl L Holt, PhD · Professor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-07-01
Primary Completion
2022-06-30
Completion
2022-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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