e-CHEC-uP: Scaling up an Efficacious Cancer Screening Intervention for Women With Limited English

Johns Hopkins University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer; Cervical Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: e-CHEC-uP; Behavioral: CHEC-uP

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03726619

IRB00180383

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research is being done to learn more about whether or not Korean American women will improve the screening practices for breast and cervical cancer if subjects receive education and follow-up from community health workers. The education materials may be given via online or in-person. Primary Hypothesis: e-CHEC-uP will be as efficacious as the original CHEC-uP in promoting mammogram and Pap test screening among Korean immigrant women (KIW) at 6 months.

Objectives: (1) To develop a web-based platform of the health literacy education component of the original CHEC-uP intervention; (2) To evaluate the acceptability and usability of the web version of the health literacy education in a user testing sample of 10 KIW; and (3) To conduct a pilot study to test the preliminary efficacy of the web version of CHEC-uP (e-CHEC-uP) in 40 KIW.

Full description

e-CHEC-uP stands for e-Community based breast and cervical cancer control education program.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 21 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 21-65 years
• Self-identified as a Korean American woman
• Overdue for a mammogram (40-65 years of age only) or a Pap test**
• Able to read and write Korean or English
• Willing to provide written consent to allow the researchers to audit medical records for mammography and Pap test use

Exclusion criteria

• A cancer diagnosis
• Being pregnant
• An acute and/or terminal condition (e.g., life expectancy of less than 6 months or last cancer treatment within the last 5 years)
• Psychiatric diagnosis (e.g., schizophrenia or cognitive impairment) or other conditions that preclude participation in the study activities
• Had undergone a hysterectomy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

e-CHEC-uP

Experimental group

Description:

Group 1 will receive the education study intervention after the first baseline questionnaire. Participants will be asked to take part in a one-time, 1 to 1.5-hour online education on breast and cervical cancer prevention followed by monthly phone calls and navigation assistance by a community health worker to help address any barriers in order to help receive a mammogram or a Pap test.

Treatment:

Behavioral: e-CHEC-uP

CHEC-uP

Active Comparator group

Description:

Group 2 will receive a similar education intervention but the education is offered face-to-face instead. Participants will be asked to take part in a one-time, 1 to 1.5-hour face-to-face education on breast and cervical cancer prevention followed by monthly phone calls and navigation assistance by a community health worker.

Treatment:

Behavioral: CHEC-uP