Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening in Urban African American Communities Via Churches

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Colorectal Cancer
• Interventions: Behavioral: Body & Soul nutritional intervention

• Registration Number: NCT01139242
• Lead Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Brief Summary

This is an intervention study to increase colorectal cancer screening and physical activity in members of African-American churches who are 50 years old and older. The control arm receives the Body \& Soul program, a program to increase fruit and vegetable intake. The investigators hypothesize that those receiving the intervention, which includes four tailored newsletters and peer counseling, will be more likely to be screened if not up-to-date, and more likely to increase physical activity if screening was up-to-date at baseline, than controls.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-02
• Primary Completion: 2009-08
• Study Completion: 2010-05
• Status Verified: 2010-06
• Study First Submitted: 2010-06-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-06-07
• Study First Posted: 2010-06-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-22
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 955

Inclusion Criteria

• Members of African-American churches who are at least 50 years old.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Non-members of African-American churches; members who are under 50 years of age.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Body & Soul nutritional intervention	Body & Soul nutritional intervention	This is a standardized intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption among church members through pastoral and peer counseling and church activities/menus.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Higher incidence of CRC screening, if needed, among experimental participants.	One year	Among church members who were out-of-date for CRC screening at baseline, a higher percentage of experimental participants will have been screened at the time of follow-up.