This project is a community based participatory research collaboration that will enable us increase Informed Decision Making (IDM) for prostate cancer screening in Hispanic and African American men. This will be done through the development of an educational program implemented in the communities of El Paso, Texas and Columbia, South Carolina to provide accurate information to men regarding prostate cancer screening in order to enable them to make informed decisions.

Condition	Intervention
Prostatic Neoplasm Prostate Cancer	Behavior: Educational Intervention to Increase Informed Decision Making for Prostate Cancer Screening

Further Study Details: 

Primary Outcomes: A comparison of pre- and post-test regarding prostate cancer screening knowledge will be assessed quantitatively. The pre-test will be administered before the intervention is implemented and the post-test will be administered immediately followin
Secondary Outcomes: This will include whether or not the participant has decided to have the prostate cancer screening test called prostate specific antigen and if they actually complete it. This will be measured several months after the intervention.
Expected Total Enrollment:  264

This project is a community based participatory research collaboration among two universities and two research networks that will enable us increase Informed Decision Making (IDM) for prostate cancer screening in Hispanic and African American men. Our collaborating universities are the University of Texas Health Science center at Houston, Texas Prevention Research Center (TPRC), Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), and the University of South Carolina (USC). Our collaborating networks are the Latinos in a Network for Cancer Control (LINCC), and the South Carolina Cancer Research Network (SC-CRN). Through the LINCC and the SCCRN, we have been able to link to the Cancer and Chronic Disease Consortium (CCDC, El Paso) which is working with Hispanic communities and the South Carolina Baptist Education and Missionary Convention (BEMC) which is a network of African American churches. Following the quality criteria for inclusion in evidence reviews conducted by the Community Guide for Preventive Services, we will adapt existing interventions and evaluate the effectiveness of these community–based IDM interventions for prostate cancer screening through two different studies, one at each site. We will first perform formative qualitative research in Hispanic communities in El Paso, Texas and in African American communities in Columbia, South Carolina. We will review existing IDM programs and contextual factors pertinent for adoption and dissemination in these two groups. Using the formative research and the review, we will adapt existing materials for intervention development in each group. For each study, the interventions will be evaluated using a pre-post-test delayed intervention comparison group design. As primary outcomes, we will measure the effect of community-based IDM interventions on men’s knowledge of prostate cancer screening, participation in screening decisions at their desired level and whether participation was congruent with individual values and preferences in decision–making.

Ages Eligible for Study:  40 Years   -   70 Years,  Genders Eligible for Study:  Male

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Males from approximately 40 to 70 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• Males who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer or other prostate problems

Please refer to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov identifier  NCT00137618

Jessica A Calderon, MPH      (915) 747-8579    Jessica.A.Calderon@uth.tmc.edu
Evelyn Chan, MD, MS      (713) 500-6705    Evelyn.C.Chan@uth.tmc.edu

South Carolina
      University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia,  South Carolina,  29208,  United States; Recruiting
Texas
      University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, Houston,  Texas,  77030,  United States; Recruiting
      UT Houston School of Public Health, El Paso Regional Campus, El Paso,  Texas,  79902,  United States; Recruiting

Study chairs or principal investigators

Evelyn Chan, MD, MS,  Principal Investigator,  University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research   

Study ID Numbers:  CDC-NCCDPHP-2507
Last Updated:  August 29, 2005
Record first received:  August 26, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:  NCT00137618
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-08-30