Developing a Young Adult-Mediated Intervention to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Rural Screening Age-Eligible Adults
Virginia Commonwealth University
Summary
This study will garner preliminary data to develop a young adult-mediated intervention whereby a younger family member encourages their older family member to get colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. In Aim 1, survey data from n=150 younger (25-44 years old) and n=150 older (45-75 years old) adults living in rural communities will be collected. In Aim 2, intervention components will be evaluated using n=9 focus groups. The novel intervention will be assessed via a pilot trial (n=15 adult child/parent dyads) in Aim 3.
Description
Aim 1. Environmental Scan of Health Communications Landscape. Using quantitative methods, examine the health communications landscape of younger (25-44 years old) and older (45-75 years old) adults living in rural communities. N=300 survey responses (n=150 from each age group) will be analyzed to determine the primary channels and sources of health-related information, quantify the extent to which these residents engage in family communications about cancer screening, and identify potential strategies for upward communications. Individual factors (i.e., CRC screening knowledge, health literacy…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 25–75 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Residents of counties in the Virginia/North Carolina CRC hotspot * 25-75 years old * Able to speak, write, and comprehend English * Younger adult participants in Aims 3 must have an older, screening age-eligible relative with whom they speak with regularly (i.e., ≥ once every two weeks) Exclusion Criteria: • Participants in Aims 1 or 2 will be ineligible for Aim 3
Interventions
- BehavioralChanges in CRC screening awareness and intentions
Using a single arm, open-label, pre-test post-test design (n=15 adult child/parent dyads), assess the impact of a young adult-mediated intervention to increase CRC screening among a paired age-eligible family member (e.g., parent/grandparent). The focus of the intervention will be on changes in CRC screening awareness and intentions among the age-eligible adult, but we hypothesize that the young adult could benefit as well. Thus, in addition to assessing feasibility and acceptability, we will assess changes in 1) CRC screening intentions among the age-eligible adults and 2) CRC health literacy and awareness of screening guidelines among the younger adult participant.
Location
- Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia