Faith Moves Mountains: An Appalachian Cervical Cancer Prevention Project
- Conditions
- Cervical Cancer
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Lay health advisor visits and newsletter
- Registration Number
- NCT01372241
- Lead Sponsor
- Nancy Schoenberg
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a faith-placed lay health advisor intervention is effective in increasing use of Pap smears among middle-aged and older Appalachian women.
- Detailed Description
Project development relied on principles of community based participatory research. Participants were recruited from faith institutions in four distressed Appalachian Kentucky counties. Investigators at the University of Kentucky worked closely with local staff who implemented study procedures in the field.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 345
- Outside of cervical cancer screening guidelines at the time of study initiation
- Able to provide informed consent
- History of cervical cancer
- History of hysterectomy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Early Intervention Lay health advisor visits and newsletter This group served as the treatment group for analysis of the primary outcome.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of participants self-reporting receipt of Pap test One month post-intervention This measure is obtained at multiple timepoints during the study, but as the primary outcome it will be analyzed at the timepoint one month following the Early Intervention group's completion of the intervention.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Faith Moves Mountains
🇺🇸Whitesburg, Kentucky, United States