Clinical trial · Interventional
Increasing Attendance to Cervical Cancer-screening Among Immigrants
A Community-based Health Intervention Trial to Increase Attendance to Cervical Cancer-screening Program Among Immigrants in Norway.
- 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)
Although health-related interventions should become increasingly diversity-sensitive, there will always be a need of adapting specific interventions to some immigrant populations. Adapting selected services to the individual cultural and religious background is necessary to reduce health inequalities and provide effective health care and is dependent on the active involvement of users. In this proposal the investigators present a community-based health intervention trial with two parallel interventions aimed at increasing participation of immigrant women to the existing cervical cancer-screening program. Through this study, the investigators will provide new practice-based knowledge and a firmer evidence base to improve health interventions that can contribute to equal health care and good health for all - including the immigrant population. Based on identified barriers and factors that influence the interactions between immigrants and health care professionals for screening of cervical cancer in Norway, the investigators have develop two adapted interventions. One strategy will target immigrant women, and the other one will focus on general practitioners. Thus, this proposal will specifically contribute to the development of personalized health prevention interventions for the most common cancer-screening program in Norway, with a focus on immigrant's personal circumstances and health care needs.
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 (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health professional intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| User intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- User intervention
- description
- Bilingual key women from Somalia and Pakistan trained as peer educators for their respective communities will meet the women to increase awareness regarding the importance of cervical cancer prevention and to help peers overcome detected barriers and increase attendance to screening during meetings with the women organised according to their practical needs, using videos and interactive material
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: User intervention
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Health professional intervention
- description
- General practitioners working in the intervention areas are contacted by letter and an appointment is made for a short meeting to increase awareness of the health professionals involved in screening working in the chosen areas. Material is given(posters and reminding objects) to remind practitioners of the intervention and invite women attending to the center to make an appointment with their GP. No change in "screening as usual" will be implemented for health professionals working in the control areas.
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Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 25 Years
- Maximum age
- 70 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * Inclusion Criteria: * For the women: Women from Somalia and Pakistan living in the intervention areas * For the health professionals: GPs working in the intervention areas * Exclusion Criteria: None
References
Publications (3)
- DERIVEDQureshi SA, Igland J, Moen K, Gele A, Kumar B, Diaz E. Effect of a community-based intervention to increase participation in cervical cancer screening among Pakistani and Somali women in Norway. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jun 30;21(1):1271. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11319-1. PMID 34193096
- DERIVEDMoen KA, Kumar B, Igland J, Diaz E. Effect of an Intervention in General Practice to Increase the Participation of Immigrants in Cervical Cancer Screening: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Apr 1;3(4):e201903. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1903. PMID 32236530
- DERIVEDQureshi SA, Gele A, Kour P, Moen KA, Kumar B, Diaz E. A community-based intervention to increase participation in cervical cancer screening among immigrants in Norway. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2019 Jul 12;19(1):147. doi: 10.1186/s12874-019-0795-8. PMID 31299912