Clinical trial · Interventional
Integration of Cancer Health Activities Into African American Churches
- 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 proposed project will compare two ways to apply a known-effective cancer educational strategy through African American churches: 1) a standard method vs. 2) a new method in which the churches integrate the strategy into their organizational structure and practice at multiple levels. It will be determined whether this "integrated approach" results in more effective and sustained cancer education and screening activities at both the church and individual levels over time. This project will make important contributions to research in evidence-based medicine and sustainability. In a climate of limited resources, identifying sustainable and effective ways to increase cancer awareness and screening in African American men and women is more important than ever.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
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 |
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Prostate Cancer | Malignant Prostate Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project HEAL | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Project HEAL 2.0 | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Integrated Approach
- description
- In this approach, rather than developing a separate health ministry, cancer activities could be integrated throughout existing church ministries (e.g. men's, women's, seniors).
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Project HEAL 2.0
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Standard Comparison
- description
- Standard group churches will not be asked to, or provided special encouragement to technical assistance with, institutionalizing health promotion activities in their churches.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Project HEAL
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Integration of health-relation practices assessed via church survey
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Advisory Panel members: adults ages 21+ * Pastors, representing each of the 14 churches enrolled in the project: active pastor of churches enrolled in the study * Community Health Advisors * Self-identified African American * Adults ages 21+ * Regularly attend church services * Able to complete Project HEAL training * Able to recruit 40+ participants for a breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer educational workshop * Able to lead the breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer workshops * Workshop Participants * Self-identified African American * Adults ages 21+ * Have no history of breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer Exclusion Criteria: * Workshop Participants: Men and women who have had breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer
References
Publications (2)
- DERIVEDKnott CL, Chen C, Bowie JV, Mullins CD, Slade JL, Woodard N, Robinson-Shaneman BR, Okwara L, Huq MR, Williams R, He X. Cluster-randomized trial comparing organizationally tailored versus standard approach for integrating an evidence-based cancer control intervention into African American churches. Transl Behav Med. 2022 May 26;12(5):673-682. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibab088. PMID 34255087
- DERIVEDKnott CL, Bowie J, Mullins CD, Santos SLZ, Slade J, Rosenberg E, Woodard N, Williams R, Williams RM. An Approach to Adapting a Community-Based Cancer Control Intervention to Organizational Context. Health Promot Pract. 2020 Mar;21(2):168-171. doi: 10.1177/1524839919898209. Epub 2020 Jan 20. PMID 31959002