Clinical trial · Interventional
Increasing Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening and HPV Vaccination Among Underserved Texans
Increasing Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening and HPV Vaccination Among Underserved Texans: A Collaboration With the United Way's 2-1-1 Program
- 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)
This study involves a partnership between UTHealth School of Public Health and the Texas 2-1-1 service, which is a helpline connecting low-income and minority callers with a number of needed services. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a prevention program in which a phone navigator intervention designed to connect 2-1-1 helpline callers to evidence-based screening and prevention services including mammography, Pap test screening, colorectal cancer screening, and HPV vaccination.
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 Prevention | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer control navigation (CNN) | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| General referral (usual care) | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Cancer control navigation (CNN) plus General referral (usual care)
- description
- Information Specialists at the 2-1-1 call center provide cancer control referrals specific to participant's screening or prevention needs. Additionally, Cancer Control Navigators (CNNs) housed at 2-1-1 call centers aid callers. CNNs receive electronic summary profiles of participants assigned to navigation. Navigators call the participant, build a collaborative relationship with them, identify their needs, work with them to identify barriers to services and coordinate solutions, and provide logistic (e.g., making appointments) and emotional support. Navigation services are provided by telephone only.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Cancer control navigation (CNN)
- Behavioral: General referral (usual care)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- General referral (usual care)
- description
- Information Specialists at the 2-1-1 call center provide cancer control referrals specific to participant's screening or prevention needs.
- interventionNames
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * callers to 2-1-1 * consents to participate, * English or Spanish speaking * not in a crisis (e.g., disaster-related 2-1-1 call or personal crisis) Exclusion Criteria: * not English or Spanish speaking * in crisis (e.g., disaster-related call or personal crisis) * calling on behalf of another client and not for self
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDFernandez ME, Savas LS, Atkinson JS, Ricks KB, Ibekwe LN, Jackson I, Castle PE, Jobe D, Vernon SW. Evaluation of a 2-1-1 Telephone Navigation Program to Increase Cancer Control Behaviors: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Health Promot. 2022 Sep;36(7):1083-1093. doi: 10.1177/08901171211041276. Epub 2022 May 5. PMID 35514063