Status:
COMPLETED
Lay Health Workers and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Chinese Americans
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, San Francisco
Collaborating Sponsors:
San Francisco State University
NICOS Chinese Health Coalition
Conditions:
Colorectal Neoplasms
Eligibility:
All Genders
50-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This proposed project seeks to expand understanding of what constitutes a "lay health worker (LHW)," how those characteristics determine the effectiveness of LHWs as health educators on colorectal can...
Detailed Description
The secondary hypotheses are: 1. The increase in the proportion of participants who are up-to-date for CRC screening in the experimental group will be greater than the increase in the comparison grou...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- self-identified as Chinese or Chinese Americans
- age 50 to 75
- speak a language that the LHW can speak (Cantonese, Mandarin, and/or English)
- live and intend to stay in SF for at least 12 months
- have no personal history of CRC
- have no medical problems preventing them from attending educational sessions
- willing to participate in a study about health behaviors involving nutrition or CRC screening
Exclusion
- anyone who does not meet the above criteria
- those unable to understand informed consent form written in their language
- those too debilitated to attend educational sessions
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
909 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00947206
Start Date
September 1 2009
End Date
May 1 2014
Last Update
May 8 2014
Active Locations (2)
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1
NICOS
San Francisco, California, United States, 94108
2
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California, United States, 94132