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Financial Health Educational Program for Increasing Financial Literacy Among Underserved Communities in Western New York

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System Neoplasm
Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Interventions
Behavioral: Behavioral Intervention
Other: Educational Intervention
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Registration Number
NCT05997589
Lead Sponsor
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Brief Summary

This clinical trial evaluates a financial health educational program to educate and increase knowledge for financial health and well-being, and to ensure access to financial knowledge and resources among underserved community members in Western New York. Financial well-being consists of a person's ability to meet financial obligations, feelings of financial security, ability to make choices related to financial matters. Information gathered from this study may help researchers learn how a financial health educational program may increase financial literacy for financial health and well-being among underserved community members in Western New York.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Collaborate with community organizations and leaders to leverage community-based assets to disseminate education about financial literacy.

II. Reach medically underserved, high risk community members. III. Enhance financial literacy knowledge among medically underserved, high risk community members.

OUTLINE:

Participants attend financial health educational program over 60 minutes. Patients also receive educational materials on study.

After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up to 30 days.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
99
Inclusion Criteria
  • Being over 18 years old
Exclusion Criteria
  • Adults unable to consent

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Health Services Research (educational program)Questionnaire AdministrationParticipants attend financial health educational program over 60 minutes. Patients also receive educational materials on study.
Health Services Research (educational program)Behavioral InterventionParticipants attend financial health educational program over 60 minutes. Patients also receive educational materials on study.
Health Services Research (educational program)Educational InterventionParticipants attend financial health educational program over 60 minutes. Patients also receive educational materials on study.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Satisfaction of financial health educational program (Acceptability)Up to 1 year

Descriptive statistics will be used to summarize demographic and baseline characteristics.

Success of program dissemination (Feasibility)Up to 1 year

Will be measured by number and demographics of attendees at each programs offered organizations to deliver financial health literacy education. Descriptive statistics will be used to summarize demographic and baseline characteristics.

Effectiveness of community based educationUp to 1 year

Demographics of attendees at each program will determine the effectiveness of this community-based educational strategy to reach diverse, high-risk, and medically underserved community members.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes in financial literacy knowledgeBaseline to 1 year

Will use surveys to collect questionnaire data before and after education sessions. Scores from the pre- and post-knowledge tests will be computed as the average percent correct of the responses to each question and then will be compared across all participants. Comparisons of pre-post test scores will be made using paired-samples t-tests.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

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Buffalo, New York, United States

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