Clinical trial NCT01299623: Breast Cancer Prevention Education
Official title: Disseminating Breast Cancer Prevention to African American Women
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Breast Cancer Prevention
Keywords: breast cancer
breast cancer prevention
African American women
Lead sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2011-02-18
Enrollment: 366
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 35
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL

Brief summary: We will develop and evaluate a community-based approach for disseminating comparative effective reviews (CERs) about breast cancer prevention to African American women. The specific aims of our research, as shown below, will target this population because of persistent disparities in breast cancer morbidity and mortality among this population. Our primary aims are:

1. To evaluate uptake of a community-based strategy for disseminating CERs about breast cancer prevention to African American women based on sociodemographic characteristics, beliefs about medical research, and medical history. We predict that participation in a community forum will be higher among women with greater socioeconomic resources, those who have a family history of breast cancer, and women who have more positive beliefs about research.
2. To evaluate the impact of evidential versus non-evidential content about breast cancer prevention on psychological and behavioral outcomes that include: knowledge of breast cancer risk factors and prevention strategies, communication with individuals in their social and medical network, and distrust of medical research. We predict that women who receive evidential content that is specific for African American women will report greater knowledge about breast cancer risk factors and prevention strategies, will be more likely to discuss breast cancer prevention strategies with individuals in their social and medical network, and will report greater reductions in distrust of medical research compared to those who receive non-evidential content.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* African American women
* Ages 35-70
* No personal history of cancer
* Resident of Philadelphia metropolitan area

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-African American
* Male
* Under 35 or over 70 years of age
* Personal history of cancer
* Not a resident of Philadelphia Metropolitan Area

Primary outcomes:
measure: Intervention uptake
timeFrame: 1 session
measure: knowledge about breast cancer prevention
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Communication about breast cancer prevention
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Distrust of medical research
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Education
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Family history
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Beliefs about research
timeFrame: baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: University of Pennsylvania Center for Community Based Research and Health Disparities
state: Pennsylvania
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
name: Chanita H Halbert, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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