Multiple Diseases
Conditions
Keywords
Multiple Diseases, Queens
Brief summary
To determine whether community based participatory action research leads to more effective cancer prevention and control in underserved communities compared to traditional, topdown programs.
Detailed description
To examine how communities engage in the participatory research process, in order to develop locally tailored initiatives for cancer education, prevention and control. To examine whether and how long program effects are sustained after completion of the intensive collaborative program planning intervention.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
American Cancer Society, Inc.
QUEENS BOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY (QBPL)
Queens Health Network
Caritas Health Care, Inc
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Study design
Observational model
ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* This project is intended to reach participants over the age of 18 within each sampled neighborhood, inclusive of both women and men of all ethnic and language groups. As such, our outcomes assessment strategy is similarly inclusive. Specific sources of data and sampling strategies for different measures are detailed in Section 7, as part of our assessment plan.
Exclusion criteria
* Individuals younger than 18 years of age will not be included in this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine whether community-based participatory action research leads to more effective cancer prevention and control in underserved communities compared to traditional, topdown programs. | 5 years |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To examine how communities engage in the participatory research process, in order to develop locally tailored initiatives for cancer education, prevention and control. | 5 years |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed