Clinical trial · Interventional
Firefighters Preventing Cancer Online Training Program
Firefighters Preventing Cancer: Cluster Randomized Trial of an Online Training Program for Cancer Prevention Behaviors in Volunteer Firefighters
- 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 this two-arm, Cluster Randomized Trial is to evaluate an e-health training program for volunteer firefighters to reduce their risk of exposures to carcinogens and to increase their understanding and intentions of behavior towards cancer prevention. One arm will receive an online e-health intervention for six months and the other arm will be considered as a waitlist control group which will be placed on a waitlist and receive the online treatment program some months later. The project aims to evaluate the firefighters by measurement of current behavior, perceived importance, future behavioral intentions and perceived barriers for implementing decontamination behaviors at baseline, after the intervention and after 3-month follow-up before and after the intervention. The intervention consists of three components: 1. a novel health information strategy, 90SecondFire Cancer health letters 2. a brief on-line course 3. a problem-solving asynchronous bulletin board to mobilize existing knowledge
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 (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| e-health training program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention Group
- description
- This arm will receive the online e-health intervention for six months. The intervention consists of three sections: 1. a novel health information strategy, 90SecondFire Cancer health letters 2. a brief on-line course 3. a problem-solving asynchronous bulletin board to mobilize existing knowledge
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: e-health training program
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- waitlist control group
- description
- This group will be placed on a waitlist and will receive the online treatment program after six months.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Volunteer Firefighters' Intention to engage in reducing exposure and undertaking decontamination behaviour
- timeFrame
- Baseline, After 6 month intervention and 3-month follow-up
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: Departments will be screened to meet the following criteria 1. Be a Volunteer Department 2. Be located in Canada 3. Consent to participate in the study via the Chief or delegate Participant in the CRT study must meet all the following criteria to be eligible to proceed with the study: 1. Be a volunteer firefighter 2. Working for an all-volunteer fire department that has joined the study 3. Live in Canada 4. Has access to internet 5. Be able to read, write and understand English or French 6. Consent to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: The exclusion for Departments 1. Not a volunteer Department in other words to be a composite department with some volunteers and some career fire fighters or a department that has not joined the study 2. Not located in Canada 3. Not Consent to be in the study via the Chief or delegate Any of the following criteria will exclude individuals from proceeding to consent: 1. NOT a volunteer firefighter 2. Working for a composite department with some volunteers and some career fire fighters or a department that has not joined the study 3. Does NOT live in Canada 4. Does not have access to internet 5. Is NOT able to read, write and understand English or French 6. Does NOT consent to participate in the study
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