Clinical trial · Interventional
Men's Prostate Awareness Church Training
Prostate Cancer Education in African American Churches
NCT02131779CI-TRIAL-00058656M-PACTcompletedN/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 objective of the Prostate Cancer Education in African American Churches project is to develop and evaluate a spiritually-based educational intervention for Informed Decision Making (IDM) for prostate cancer screening to be delivered to African American men in church settings.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prostate Cancer | Malignant Prostate Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-Educational Workshops | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Men's Workshops | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Co-Educational Workshops
- description
- Community health advisors will be trained using traditional/classroom methods and provided with technical assistance/support to implement the 4 part health series with men and women dyads. Technical assistance and support will be given as needed to community health advisors. Workshop sessions will include didactic lecture, group discussions, video and group exercises.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Co-Educational Workshops
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Men's Workshops
- description
- Community health advisors will be trained using traditional/classroom methods and provided with technical assistance/support as needed to deliver 4 part educational sessions to men only groups to relay information about making an informed decision about prostate cancer screening. Workshop sessions will include didactic lecture, group discussions, video and group exercises.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Men's Workshops
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 40 Years
- Maximum age
- 69 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: Male Study Participants * African American Men church attending men * 40-69 years of age Advisory Panel * Knowledgeable about the community where the intervention is implemented, adults ages 21+, review materials and provide input for intervention development and program implementation Pastors * Willing to conduct the intervention at church * Support the program * Designate two individuals to serve as community health advisors * Identify a ministry in the church which will champion the project Community Health Advisors * attend a 6 hour training and 1 hour certification * assist in recruitment of study participants * recruit up to 24 men * recruit up to 24 females to attend sessions with men in 10 Health Partner Churches * prepare and conduct the 4 part workshop series * serve as liaisons between the project and study team Workshop Participants * self-identified, African American men (40-69), Health Partners --over 18 years of age, able to complete self-administered paper-and-pencil surveys Exclusion Criteria: * Workshop participants with a history of prostate cancer, do not meet the age criteria
References
Publications (4)
- BACKGROUNDSaunders DR, Holt CL, Whitehead TL, Atkinson NL, Le D, Wang MQ, Slade JL, Muwwakkil B, Williams R, Schulz E, Naslund M. Development of the men's prostate awareness church training: church-based workshops for African American men. Fam Community Health. 2013 Jul-Sep;36(3):224-35. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e318292eb40. PMID 23718958
- DERIVEDLe D, Holt CL, Saunders DR, Wang MQ, Coriolan A, Savoy AD, Slade JL, Muwwakkil B, Atkinson NL. Feasibility and acceptability of SMS text messaging in a prostate cancer educational intervention for African American men. Health Informatics J. 2016 Dec;22(4):932-947. doi: 10.1177/1460458215598636. Epub 2015 Aug 30. PMID 26324051
- DERIVEDSaunders DR, Holt CL, Le D, Slade JL, Muwwakkil B, Savoy A, Williams R, Whitehead TL, Wang MQ, Naslund MJ. Recruitment and Participation of African American Men in Church-Based Health Promotion Workshops. J Community Health. 2015 Dec;40(6):1300-10. doi: 10.1007/s10900-015-0054-9. PMID 26089253
- DERIVEDHolt CL, Le D, Saunders DR, Wang MQ, Slade JL, Muwwakkil B, Williams R, Atkinson NL, Whitehead TL, Naslund M. Informed Decision-Making and Satisfaction with a Church-Based Men's Health Workshop Series for African-American Men: Men-Only vs. Mixed-Gender Format. J Cancer Educ. 2015 Sep;30(3):530-4. doi: 10.1007/s13187-014-0731-x. PMID 25330866