Faith in Action! A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Church-based Navigation Model to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Among Korean Women in Los Angeles
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Summary
The purpose of this research is to develop a culturally adapted "Faith in Action!" curriculum to train lay health navigators to provide breast cancer screening navigation to Korean American women within faith-based settings and evaluate whether the culturally adapted "Faith in Action!" curriculum increases adherence to breast cancer screening guidelines among Korean American women within faith-based settings in Los Angeles, California. The primary research procedures include trainings and key informant interviews with lay health navigators in faith-based settings followed by a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the intervention.
Description
A parallel cluster randomized trial (CRT) with staggered roll-out will be conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the "Faith in Action!" intervention on breast cancer screening rates among Korean American women. This will involve two blocks of 8 churches each (total 16 churches) randomized to either the intervention or waitlist control. A train the trainer approach will be used to educate and certify lay health navigators identified by targeted Korean church leaders from selected churches. The trained health navigators will be deployed back to the churches and community settings with tools and…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 45–80 years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Korean woman who is 45 years or older * Does not currently have a breast cancer diagnosis * Non-adherent to cancer screening (did not receive mammogram in last 2 years based on self-report) * Prospective or current member of participating Korean Churches * Willing to participate in study Exclusion Criteria: * Does not meet inclusion criteria as described above
Interventions
- BehavioralFaith in Action! Church-based Navigation Model
Cancer screening education and navigation by identified trained navigators in faith based settings + American Cancer Society Screening Guidelines pamphlet
- OtherControl
Presentation on healthy behaviors (physical activity, nutrition) + American Cancer Society Screening Guidelines pamphlet
Locations (2)
- Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, California
- UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health EquityLos Angeles, California