Clinical trial · Interventional
Faith Moves Mountains: An Appalachian Cervical Cancer Prevention Project
An Appalachian Cervical Cancer Prevention Project
NCT01372241CI-TRIAL-00027122FMMcompletedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a faith-placed lay health advisor intervention is effective in increasing use of Pap smears among middle-aged and older Appalachian women.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cervical Cancer | Malignant Cervical Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lay health advisor visits and newsletter | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Early Intervention
- description
- This group served as the treatment group for analysis of the primary outcome.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Lay health advisor visits and newsletter
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Delayed Intervention
- description
- This group served as a wait-list control group, eventually receiving the intervention after the treatment group completed the intervention and the primary outcomes were assessed for both groups.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Proportion of participants self-reporting receipt of Pap test
- timeFrame
- One month post-intervention
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 40 Years
- Maximum age
- 64 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Outside of cervical cancer screening guidelines at the time of study initiation * Able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * History of cervical cancer * History of hysterectomy
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDSchoenberg NE, Hatcher J, Dignan MB, Shelton B, Wright S, Dollarhide KF. Faith Moves Mountains: an Appalachian cervical cancer prevention program. Am J Health Behav. 2009 Nov-Dec;33(6):627-38. doi: 10.5993/ajhb.33.6.1. PMID 19320612
- DERIVEDStudts CR, Tarasenko YN, Schoenberg NE, Shelton BJ, Hatcher-Keller J, Dignan MB. A community-based randomized trial of a faith-placed intervention to reduce cervical cancer burden in Appalachia. Prev Med. 2012 Jun;54(6):408-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.03.019. Epub 2012 Apr 3. PMID 22498022