Muslim Americans Reaching for Health and Building Alliances (MARHABA): Patient Navigation Intervention to Increase Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Muslim Women in New York City

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Breast Cancer; Cervical Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT03081507
• Lead Sponsor: NYU Langone Health

Brief Summary

Studies have reported Muslims in the US and NYC face numerous language and healthcare access barriers. This is a randomized randomized controlled design will be used to test the efficacy of a Patient Navigation (PN) intervention to increase participation in breast and/or cervical cancer screening among Muslim women age 40 - 75 years living in NYC. Study participants will be randomized to an Lay Health Workers (LHW) led small media intervention arm (SM-LHW) or a LHW-led patient navigation plus small media intervention arm (PN-LHW). A specific aim of the study is to develop, implement and evaluate the efficacy of a two-arm, randomized control trial designed to increase receipt of breast and/or cervical cancer screening among Muslim women aged 40 -75 years in New York City (NYC).

Detailed Description

The goal of this study, entitled Muslim Americans Reaching for Health and Building Alliances (MARHABA), is to evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally patient navigation (PN) intervention designed for Muslim women to increase breast and cervical cancer screening participation.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-03-01
• Study First Submitted: 2017-03-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-03-10
• Study First Posted: 2017-03-16
• Primary Completion: 2018-09-20
• Study Completion: 2018-09-28
• Status Verified: 2018-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-12-04
• Last Update Posted: 2018-12-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 432

Inclusion Criteria

• self-identify as Muslim
• female
• residence in a NYC borough
• self-report as having received a mammogram more than two years ago and are age 40-74 years
• self-report having received a Pap test more than three years ago and are age 40-65 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Report a past or current diagnosis of breast or cervical cancer
• Report having had a hysterectomy
• Report having had breast reconstructive surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Awareness of Pap Test	5 Months	Pap test awareness is a positive response to the following question: "Have you ever heard of a 'Pap test'?"
Pap test receipt	5 Months	Pap test receipt is defined as a positive response to "Have you ever had a 'Pap test'?" after describing the test. For "no" responses, we defined Pap test intention as a positive response to "Are you planning on obtaining a 'Pap test'?"
Mammogram test receipt	5 Months	Mammogram test receipt is defined as a positive response to "Have you ever had a 'Mammogram'?" after describing the test. For "no" responses, we defined Mammogram test intention as a positive response to "Are you planning on obtaining a 'Mammogram'?"
Awareness of Mammogram	5 Months	Awareness is a positive response to the following question: "Have you ever heard of a 'mammogram'?"

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

New York University School of Medicine; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States