Clinical trial · Interventional
Using a Lay Health Worker Program to Increase Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Low-Income Hispanic Women
Using an Evidence-based Lay Health Worker Program to Increase Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Low-Income Hispanic Women in Houston
- 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 primary purpose of this study is adapt the Cultivando la Salud (CLS) intervention for a new community and priority population and to train community health workers (promotoras) from the Prosalud promotora program to implement the adapted CLS breast and cervical cancer screening program. The adaptation and delivery of the CLS intervention program focuses on meeting the needs and supporting of CHWs and Hispanic/Latina women in the Greater Houston Area. Finally, this study aims to evaluate the process and effect of the adapted CLS program (renamed Salud en Mis Manos (SEMM) on increasing mammography and cervical cancer screening.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLS Intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| No CLS intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- CLS intervention
- description
- Community health workers (CHWs) assess women's breast and/or cervical cancer screening needs and deliver behavioral education designed to increase breast and/or cervical cancer screening. After completing the education, CHWs provide women with clinic referrals to local and affordable screening services. Participants also are offered telephone-delivered navigation support, which focuses on helping women overcome logistic and personal barriers to accessing screening services.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: CLS Intervention
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- No CLS intervention
- description
- Community health workers (CHWs) assess women's breast and/or cervical cancer screening needs and deliver print materials to women describing cancer screening guidelines.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: No CLS intervention
Primary outcomes (2)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * women who identify as Hispanic/Latina ancestry or descent and live in the Greater Houston Area in Texas * no previous diagnosis of breast or cervical cancer Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women, and women who are adherent to screening guidelines * prior or current cancer diagnosis
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