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NCT Number: NCT01372241

Faith Moves Mountains: An Appalachian Cervical Cancer Prevention Project

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a faith-placed lay health advisor intervention is effective in increasing use of Pap smears among middle-aged and older Appalachian women.

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Key information

Conditions

Cervical Cancer Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Genital Diseases Genital Diseases, Female Genital Neoplasms, Female Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Urogenital Diseases Urogenital Neoplasms Uterine Cervical Diseases Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Uterine Diseases Uterine Neoplasms

Age range

40 year–64 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Faith Moves Mountains

Whitesburg, Kentucky, United States

About this study

Project development relied on principles of community based participatory research. Participants were recruited from faith institutions in four distressed Appalachian Kentucky counties. Investigators at the University of Kentucky worked closely with local staff who implemented study procedures in the field.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Outside of cervical cancer screening guidelines at the time of study initiation
  • Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • History of cervical cancer
  • History of hysterectomy

Treatment and study plan

Lay health advisor visits and newsletter

Behavioral

The focus of the intervention was on reducing participants' self-identified barriers to obtaining Pap tests.

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of participants self-reporting receipt of Pap test

    Time frame: One month post-intervention

    This measure is obtained at multiple timepoints during the study, but as the primary outcome it will be analyzed at the timepoint one month following the Early Intervention group's completion of the intervention.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Nancy Schoenberg

Other

Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Registry information

Official study title

An Appalachian Cervical Cancer Prevention Project

Acronym: FMM

Important dates

Study start
2005
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Jun 13, 2011
Registry last updated
Apr 21, 2017

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