Cancer Prevention Among Individuals with Mental Ill-health: Patient Navigation for Primary Cancer Prevention

Summary

Prevention is essential for reducing cancer-related mortality. However, people with mental ill-health often face difficulties in accessing cancer prevention services. The EU-funded CO-CAPTAIN project aims to co-adapt and implement the Patient Navigation Model for primary cancer prevention in this underserved population. This evidence-based and patient-centred intervention aims to support patient empowerment through removal of systemic barriers, provide social support and promote timely access to primary prevention services.

Conditions

• Cancer

Interventions

OTHER

Patient Navigation

CO-CAPTAIN focuses on co-designing and piloting and evaluating the implementation of patient navigation (PN) for primary cancer prevention in people with mental ill-health. Patient Navigators, trained professionals with experience working with people with mental ill-health, will assist people with mental ill-health in gaining access to and utilizing appropriate primary cancer prevention measures offered within the respective healthcare and social system (including smoking cessation and physical activity and nutritional interventions). For this purpose, Patient Navigators will offer regular appointment with participants, apply motivational interviewing and aid in accessing appropriate materials while aiming at empowering participants in taking an active role and making better and more informed decisions regarding their health.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Senior Europa Sociedad Limitada

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Prolepsis Institute for Preventive, Environmental and Occupational Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• Universitat Politècnica de València

  collaborator OTHER

• STICHTING INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INTEGRATED CARE

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Medical University of Lodz

  collaborator OTHER

• Consejería de Familia, Juventud y Política Social, Comunidad de Madrid

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Madrid, Spain

  collaborator OTHER

• Fundacion para la Investigacion e Innovacion Biosanitaria de Atencion Primaria

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Mental Health Europe - Sante Mentale Europe

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University Mental Health Research Institute, Athens, Greece

  collaborator OTHER

• Fundacion para el Fomento en Asturias de la Investigacion Cientifica Aplicada y Tecnologia

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Consejeria de Salud - Principado de Asturias

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Medical University of Vienna

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Igor Grabovac, MD, PhD · Medical University of Vienna

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-06-24

Primary Completion

2025-09-30

Completion

2025-09-30

Countries

• Austria
• Greece
• Poland
• Spain

Study Locations