Clinical trial · Interventional
Muslim Americans Reaching for Health and Building Alliances (MARHABA): Patient Navigation Intervention to Increase Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Muslim Women in New York City
- 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)
Studies have reported Muslims in the US and NYC face numerous language and healthcare access barriers. This is a randomized randomized controlled design will be used to test the efficacy of a Patient Navigation (PN) intervention to increase participation in breast and/or cervical cancer screening among Muslim women age 40 - 75 years living in NYC. Study participants will be randomized to an Lay Health Workers (LHW) led small media intervention arm (SM-LHW) or a LHW-led patient navigation plus small media intervention arm (PN-LHW). A specific aim of the study is to develop, implement and evaluate the efficacy of a two-arm, randomized control trial designed to increase receipt of breast and/or cervical cancer screening among Muslim women aged 40 -75 years in New York City (NYC).
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Cervical Cancer | Malignant Cervical Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN-LHW | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| SM-LHW | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- LHW-led small media intervention arm (SM-LHW)
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: SM-LHW
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- LHW-led plus small media intervention arm (PN-LHW)
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: PN-LHW
Primary outcomes (4)
- measure
- Awareness of Pap Test
- timeFrame
- 5 Months
- description
- Pap test awareness is a positive response to the following question: "Have you ever heard of a 'Pap test'?"
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 40 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * self-identify as Muslim * female * residence in a NYC borough * self-report as having received a mammogram more than two years ago and are age 40-74 years * self-report having received a Pap test more than three years ago and are age 40-65 years Exclusion Criteria: * Report a past or current diagnosis of breast or cervical cancer * Report having had a hysterectomy * Report having had breast reconstructive surgery
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDWyatt LC, Chebli P, Patel S, Alam G, Naeem A, Maxwell AE, Raveis VH, Ravenell J, Kwon SC, Islam NS. A Culturally Adapted Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Intervention Among Muslim Women in New York City: Results from the MARHABA Trial. J Cancer Educ. 2023 Apr;38(2):682-690. doi: 10.1007/s13187-022-02177-5. Epub 2022 May 19. PMID 35585475