The Queens Library HealthLink Project
Completed
- Conditions
- Multiple Diseases
- Registration Number
- NCT00579696
- Lead Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Brief Summary
To determine whether community based participatory action research leads to more effective cancer prevention and control in underserved communities compared to traditional, "topdown" programs.
- Detailed Description
To examine how communities engage in the participatory research process, in order to develop locally tailored initiatives for cancer education, prevention and control.
To examine whether and how long program effects are sustained after completion of the intensive collaborative program planning intervention.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2789
Inclusion Criteria
- This project is intended to reach participants over the age of 18 within each sampled neighborhood, inclusive of both women and men of all ethnic and language groups. As such, our outcomes assessment strategy is similarly inclusive. Specific sources of data and sampling strategies for different measures are detailed in Section 7, as part of our assessment plan.
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Exclusion Criteria
- Individuals younger than 18 years of age will not be included in this study.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine whether community-based participatory action research leads to more effective cancer prevention and control in underserved communities compared to traditional, "topdown" programs. 5 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To examine how communities engage in the participatory research process, in order to develop locally tailored initiatives for cancer education, prevention and control. 5 years
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States