Behavioral Intervention Study for Better Breast and Cervical Cancer Control for Korean American Women

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

560 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-11-30

Study Completion Date

2014-11-30

Brief Summary

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The long-term goal of this study is to build a sustainable,community-based outreach program using Korean American community health workers (CHWs) to promote breast and cervical screening among Korean American women, thereby reducing related morbidity and mortality. The study is designed to determine the effectiveness of a health literacy-focused tailored breast and cervical cancer control intervention delivered by CHWs.

The investigators hypothesized that, compared to KA women in the delayed intervention group, KA women who receive a health literacy-focused CHW intervention will demonstrate: (1) higher levels of adherence to screening for breast and cervical cancer, (2) greater levels of health literacy, (3) higher levels of breast and cervical cancer knowledge, and (4) improve decisional balance.

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Detailed Description

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Despite considerable progress in U.S. cancer control over the past 20 years, certain ethnic minority groups continue to experience significant health disparities. Recent immigrants including Korean Americans (KA), face an unequal cancer burden related to the significant language and cultural barriers they face in attempting to navigate the U.S. healthcare system. KA women have the second highest incidence of cervical cancer nationally and are experiencing rapid increases in breast cancer incidence. Not only are their breast and cervical cancers diagnosed at significantly later stages than those of whites, but they are also the least likely racial/ethnic group to receive early breast and cervical cancer screening.

This community-based behavioral intervention is designed 1) to evaluate, in a randomized controlled trial, the effects of our health literacy-focused cancer control intervention, delivered by trained CHWs, on the primary outcomes: mammography and Papanicolaou(Pap)test screening adherence, in a sample of 360 KA women, 2)to test the effects of the proposed intervention on the secondary outcomes: level of health literacy, breast and cervical knowledge, and decisional balance, in the KA sample.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer Cervical Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Health Literacy

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Health literacy, health message

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will consist of three main components: (1) 2-hour in-class health literacy-focused education; (2) tailored telephone counseling; and (3) healthcare system navigation assistance tailored to the woman's specific barriers.

Interventions

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Health literacy, health message

The intervention will consist of three main components: (1) 2-hour in-class health literacy-focused education; (2) tailored telephone counseling; and (3) healthcare system navigation assistance tailored to the woman's specific barriers.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. age 21-65 years
2. self-identified as a KA woman
3. no mammogram and Pap test within the last 18 months
4. able to read and write Korean or English
5. willing to provide written study consent
6. willingness to provide written consent to allow the researchers to audit medical records for mammography and Pap test use.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Potential participants with a cancer diagnosis, an acute and/or terminal condition
2. Psychiatric diagnosis (e.g., schizophrenia or cognitive impairment), or other conditions
3. Women who have undergone hysterectomy

Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes