Clinical trial · Interventional
Evaluating the Impact of the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal on Cancer Prevention Behaviours in Underserved Populations
Evaluating the Impact of the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal on Knowledge, Behavioural Intentions and Health Behaviours Related to Cancer Risk in Underserved Populations.
- 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 goal of the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal is to be a trustworthy source for health information. The Portal team can see (through measuring analytics of website use) that thousands of people are using the Portal and the knowledge-sharing strategies in place (email alerts, Twitter and Facebook), with many more users added each month. Previous studies have measured the quality and trustworthiness of health information available online; others have studied the numbers and populations who use different types of information and how easy it is to use and understand. This study builds on that knowledge to find out: if easy-to-understand evidence-based messages reach members of the public, do these messages change what people know and think to do to stay healthy (in this case, what they know and think to do to lower their risk of cancer)?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tailored knowledge translation | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Tailored knowledge translation
- description
- During the 12-week intervention, intervention group participants will have access to the Portal and will receive targeted weekly email alerts including blog posts and evidence summaries relevant to cancer prevention and be invited to follow a Twitter and Facebook feed; a unique hashtag will be created to identify and collate relevant cancer prevention information.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Tailored knowledge translation
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- Participants in the control group will have access to the Portal in a 'self-serve' fashion. These participants will be able to browse the Portal, subscribe to email alerts, follow social media, etc. but will not receive the tailored intervention.
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Website engagement
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 40 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * English speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Previous cancer diagnosis
References
Publications (1)
- RESULTNeil-Sztramko SE, Belita E, Levinson AJ, Boyko J, Dobbins M. Evaluation of an online knowledge translation intervention to promote cancer risk reduction behaviours: findings from a randomized controlled trial. BMC Cancer. 2019 Nov 21;19(1):1138. doi: 10.1186/s12885-019-6361-2. PMID 31752751