Promoting Organizational Capacity to Implement Cancer Control Programs Among Latino Churches

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This research study aims to develop an organizational-level intervention to enable communities to adopt, adapt, implement and sustain evidence-based interventions (EBIs) to address cancer disparities among Latinos. The investigators partner with faith-based organizations, since they play a highly prominent role in Latino community life. This three-phase study will: (1) improve understanding of the organizational infrastructure, skills and resources required by Latino churches to implement EBIs for cancer control, (2) develop a capacity-building intervention; and (3) test the intervention's effectiveness in a randomized trial.

Official Title
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Promoting the Utilization of Cancer Early Detection Methods Among Latinos in Church: a Faith-based Approach

Conditions
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Cancer

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Capacity Enhancement
* Behavioral: Standard Dissemination


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Parishes eligible for the Randomized trial are those that are: Roman Catholic, located in Massachusetts, offer religious services in Spanish, and have taken part in the organizational survey. Exclusion Criteria: Not Roman Catholic, not located in Massachusetts, don't offer religious services in Spanish, and have not participated in the organizational survey.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 21 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: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Capacity Enhancement<br> | Behavioral: Capacity Enhancement<br>* Churches in the Capacity Enhancement intervention will be invited to work with CRUZA staff over the course of a three month intervention to implement health promotion activities in their church and participate in capacity-building educational workshops. Participants may also receive technical assistance from Health Educators in order to implement their cancer education activities.<br>|
| Active Comparator: Standard Dissemination<br> | Behavioral: Standard Dissemination<br>* Churches in the Standard Dissemination arm will receive program materials with information about cancer prevention/early detection and health resources.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Implementation | Number and types of interventions offered | 3-months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Health promotion, Religion and medicine, Hispanic Americans, Randomized controlled trial, Program evaluation, Neoplasms/prevention & control, Mass screening, Female, Male, Preventive Health Services/methods, Adult, Organizations