NYC Cancer Outreach Network in Neighborhoods for Equity and Community Translation Randomized Controlled Trial (NYC CONNECT)
NYU Langone Health
Summary
NYC CONNECT will carry out a randomized controlled trial (RCT) which will assess the relative effectiveness of two evidence-based strategies to increase cancer screening rates for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer. The RCT will compare the effectiveness of using a combination of 1) culturally and linguistically tailored cancer education materials and 2) community health workers (CHWs) to provide navigation services for cancer screening (the "patient navigation" \[PN\] arm) versus providing culturally and linguistically tailored cancer education only (the "less intensive" \[LI\] arm). The study population will include individuals who are due for breast, cervical, or colorectal cancer screening. All individuals recruited to the study will be provided navigation for unmet social determinants of health (SDH) needs.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 21–75 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Women between the ages of 21 and 75 years; * Men between the ages of 45 and 75 years; * Women (40-74 years) who have not had a mammogram in the past 12 months, a Pap smear in the last 3 years (21-64 years old) or HPV test in the last 5 years (30-64 years old), or women 45-75 years old who are not up-to-date on colorectal cancer screening (Fecal occult blood test (FOBT)/Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) past year, computerized tomography (CT) colonography or sigmoidoscopy past 5 years, or colonoscopy past 10 years); * Men not up-to-date on colorectal cancer screening (FOBT/…
Interventions
- BehavioralPatient Navigation (PN) - More Intensive
The PN intervention will be administered by trained, bilingual CHWs: they will screen participants for cancer screening status and social needs and provide navigational support to cancer screening and social services.
- BehavioralEducational Materials
Both PN and LI participants will receive tailored educational materials around cancer screening and SDH resources as needed.
- BehavioralPatient Navigation (PN) - Less Intensive
The PN intervention will be administered by trained, bilingual CHWs: they will screen participants for social needs and provide navigational support to social services.
Locations (2)
- NYU Langone HealthNew York, New York
- Albert Einstein College of MedicineThe Bronx, New York