Faith in Action! A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Church-based Navigation Model to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Among Korean Women in Los Angeles
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer Female
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 320
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Screening adherence
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this research is to develop a culturally adapted "Faith in Action!" curriculum to train lay health navigators to provide breast cancer screening navigation to Korean American women within faith-based settings and evaluate whether the culturally adapted "Faith in Action!" curriculum increases adherence to breast cancer screening guidelines among Korean American women within faith-based settings in Los Angeles, California. The primary research procedures include trainings and key informant interviews with lay health navigators in faith-based settings followed by a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the intervention.
Detailed Description
A parallel cluster randomized trial (CRT) with staggered roll-out will be conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the "Faith in Action!" intervention on breast cancer screening rates among Korean American women. This will involve two blocks of 8 churches each (total 16 churches) randomized to either the intervention or waitlist control. A train the trainer approach will be used to educate and certify lay health navigators identified by targeted Korean church leaders from selected churches. The trained health navigators will be deployed back to the churches and community settings with tools and resources to deliver cancer education and increase motivation to participate in breast cancer screening through proven approaches such as one-on-one education, small media and workshops. The research objectives are to: 1. Develop a culturally adapted "Faith in Action!" curriculum to train lay health navigators to provide breast cancer screening navigation to Korean American women within faith-based settings. 2. Evaluate whether the culturally adapted "Faith in Action!" curriculum increases adherence to breast cancer screening guidelines among Korean American women within faith-based settings. It is hypothesized that the implementation of this culturally adapted cancer screening training curriculum for lay health navigators, built upon the Korean communities' frequent engagement with "expert" schools and deployed among existing networks in the faith-based Korean community, will increase adherence to breast cancer screening guidelines among underserved Korean American women.
Investigators
Robert Haile
Director, Cancer Research Center for Health Equity, Professor, Department of Medicine, Associate Director for Population Health
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Korean woman who is 45 years or older
- •Does not currently have a breast cancer diagnosis
- •Non-adherent to cancer screening (did not receive mammogram in last 2 years based on self-report)
- •Prospective or current member of participating Korean Churches
- •Willing to participate in study
Exclusion Criteria
- •Does not meet inclusion criteria as described above
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Screening adherence
Time Frame: up to 6 months from end of program
Percent change in adherence to breast cancer screening guidelines within 6 months from end of program
Secondary Outcomes
- Participant knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs towards screening (Qualitative)(up to 6 months)
- Change in Knowledge of Breast Cancer Screening(up to 6 months)
- Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs (Knowledge, Perception, and perceived risk)(up to 6 months)