Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening in Urban African American Communities Via Churches

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This is an intervention study to increase colorectal cancer screening and physical activity in members of African-American churches who are 50 years old and older. The control arm receives the Body & Soul program, a program to increase fruit and vegetable intake. The investigators hypothesize that those receiving the intervention, which includes four tailored newsletters and peer counseling, will be more likely to be screened if not up-to-date, and more likely to increase physical activity if screening was up-to-date at baseline, than controls.

Official Title
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Increasing CRC Screening in Urban African American Communities Via Churches

Conditions
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Colorectal Cancer

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Body & Soul nutritional intervention
* Behavioral: Experimental: newsletters and peer counseling


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Members of African-American churches who are at least 50 years old. Exclusion Criteria: Non-members of African-American churches; members who are under 50 years of age.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 50 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: Body & Soul nutritional intervention<br>This is a standardized intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption among church members through pastoral and peer counseling and church activities/menus. | Behavioral: Body & Soul nutritional intervention<br>* Pastoral and peer counseling, and church activities/menus to promote increased fruit and vegetable consumption among church members.<br>|
| Experimental: Newsletters/peer counseling<br>Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to promote CRC screening among church members out-of-date according to screening guidelines. For those up-to-date, promotion is of increased physical activity. | Behavioral: Experimental: newsletters and peer counseling<br>* Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to promote CRC screening in church members who are out-of-date with screening. Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to others to increase physical activity.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Higher incidence of CRC screening, if needed, among experimental participants. | Among church members who were out-of-date for CRC screening at baseline, a higher percentage of experimental participants will have been screened at the time of follow-up. | One year | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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CRC screening status, physical activity level, fruit and vegetable consumption, Early Detection of Cancer, Colorectal Cancer (CRC) screening status