Financial Health Educational Program for Increasing Financial Literacy Among Underserved Communities in Western New York

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Malignant Solid Neoplasm; Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System Neoplasm

Treatments: Other: Educational Intervention; Other: Questionnaire Administration; Behavioral: Behavioral Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05997589

I 3445122 (Other Identifier)

NCI-2023-02314 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This clinical trial evaluates a financial health educational program to educate and increase knowledge for financial health and well-being, and to ensure access to financial knowledge and resources among underserved community members in Western New York. Financial well-being consists of a person's ability to meet financial obligations, feelings of financial security, ability to make choices related to financial matters. Information gathered from this study may help researchers learn how a financial health educational program may increase financial literacy for financial health and well-being among underserved community members in Western New York.

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Collaborate with community organizations and leaders to leverage community-based assets to disseminate education about financial literacy.

II. Reach medically underserved, high risk community members. III. Enhance financial literacy knowledge among medically underserved, high risk community members.

OUTLINE:

Participants attend financial health educational program over 60 minutes. Patients also receive educational materials on study.

After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up to 30 days.

Enrollment: 99 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being over 18 years old

Exclusion criteria

• Adults unable to consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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99 participants in 1 patient group

Health Services Research (educational program)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants attend financial health educational program over 60 minutes. Patients also receive educational materials on study.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Behavioral Intervention

Other: Questionnaire Administration

Other: Educational Intervention