Columbia University
The study aims to develop educational media interventions to prepare Latinx Spanish-speaking radiation oncology patients for a course of breast or prostate cancer radiation therapy and to foster receptivity and informed decision-making around cancer clinical trial participation.
Research suggests that utilization of audiovisual educational interventions may help to address health literacy and language barriers as well as suboptimal outcomes and trial enrollment in minority and/or non-English speaking patients. However, this has yet to be demonstrated in the radiation oncology setting, in which educational material is limited to written brochures for non-English speaking patients. Herein, the investigators propose to develop and implement a targeted linguistically and culturally appropriate audiovisual intervention (AVI) for Latinx/Spanish-speaking (SS) patients underg…
Pilot Phase Inclusion Criteria: 1. Spanish speakers of Latinx background as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as anyone from Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central or South American ancestry 2. Currently undergoing treatment for breast or prostate cancer, or recently been treated Pilot Phase Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient with bilateral deafness and/or blindness 2. Patient with psychosis and/or dementia Main Study Inclusion Criteria: 1. Spanish speakers of Latinx background as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as anyone from Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central or So…
A video with educational information will be shown regarding radiation therapy.
Brochure with written information will be given to the subject regarding radiation therapy.
A video with educational information will be shown regarding cancer clinical trials.
Brochure with written information will be given to the subject regarding cancer clinical trials.
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