Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial
Men’s Prostate Awareness Church Training
Summary
The objective of the Prostate Cancer Education in African American Churches project is to develop and evaluate a spiritually-based educational intervention for Informed Decision Making (IDM) for prostate cancer screening to be delivered to African American men in church settings.
Full Description
The specific aims of the project are to 1) develop, and 2) test the efficacy of a spiritually-based cancer communication intervention to increase IDM for prostate cancer screening among African American men in church settings, and including women as supportive "health partners".
A randomized controlled trial is utilized, in which churches will be randomized to: 1) male-only educational groups; and 2) co-educational groups where women supportive "health partners" are invited to attend with the men in dyads, and then break out into men's and women's discussion groups. These two approaches are compared through use of cluster randomized design to determine whether the addition of the women health partner increases the intervention efficacy in the study outcome of informed decision making for prostate cancer screening.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Male Study Participants
African American Men church attending men
40-69 years of age Advisory Panel
Knowledgeable about the community where the intervention is implemented, adults ages 21+, review materials and provide input for intervention development and program implementation Pastors
Willing to conduct the intervention at church
Support the program
Designate two individuals to serve as community health advisors
Identify a ministry in the church which will champion the project Community Health Advisors
attend a 6 hour training and 1 hour certification
assist in recruitment of study participants
recruit up to 24 men
recruit up to 24 females to attend sessions with men in 10 Health Partner Churches
prepare and conduct the 4 part workshop series
serve as liaisons between the project and study team Workshop Participants
self-identified, African American men (40-69), Health Partners --over 18 years of age, able to complete self-administered paper-and-pencil surveys
Exclusion Criteria:
Workshop participants with a history of prostate cancer, do not meet the age criteria
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College Park Maryland, 20742, United States
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