A Community-based Educational Initiative to Raise Awareness of Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers.

NYU Langone Health

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Skin Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Education Sessions to Improve Melanoma Knowledge and Awareness

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07177638

24-00625

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a pilot study of a community- based melanoma educational intervention in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn conducted in-person by a community-health worker employed by the Perlmutter Cancer Center. Sample size will be around 35 participants. The participants will complete a pre-study survey and then take part in the educational session. There will be follow up study visits to assess the impact of the intervention on participant knowledge and skin self-examination behaviors at 3 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months. At the 12-month mark, the participants will also complete a post-study survey.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Above 18 years of age
• Individuals who understand and speak either English or Russian
• Willingness and ability to consent and participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Under 18 years of age
• Individuals who do not understand and speak either English or Russian
• Individuals who participated in the focus group portion of a related study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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45 participants in 1 patient group

Adults from Bensonhurst County in Brooklyn, New York

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will complete a pre-study survey and then take part in the educational session; follow-up visits to assess the impact of the intervention on participant knowledge and skin self-examination behaviors at will be held at 3 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months. Participants will also complete a post-study survey at Month 12.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Education Sessions to Improve Melanoma Knowledge and Awareness