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NCT Number: NCT05997589

Financial Health Educational Program for Increasing Financial Literacy Among Underserved Communities in Western New York

This clinical trial evaluates a financial health educational program to educate and increase knowledge for financial health and well-being, and to ensure access to financial knowledge and resources among underserved community members in Western New York. Financial well-being consists of a person's ability to meet financial obligations, feelings of financial security, ability to make choices related to financial matters. Information gathered from this study may help researchers learn how a financial health educational program may increase financial literacy for financial health and well-being among underserved community members in Western New York.

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Key information

Conditions

Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System Neoplasm Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States

About this study

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Collaborate with community organizations and leaders to leverage community-based assets to disseminate education about financial literacy.

II. Reach medically underserved, high risk community members. III. Enhance financial literacy knowledge among medically underserved, high risk community members.

OUTLINE:

Participants attend financial health educational program over 60 minutes. Patients also receive educational materials on study.

After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up to 30 days.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Being over 18 years old

Exclusion criteria

  • Adults unable to consent

Treatment and study plan

behavioral intervention

Behavioral

Receive educational materials

Other names: Behavior Conditioning Therapy, Behavior Modification, Behavior or Life Style Modifications, Behavior Therapy, Behavioral Interventions, Behavioral Modification, Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Treatment, Behavioral Treatments

Educational Intervention

Other

Attend financial health educational program

Other names: Education for Intervention, Intervention by Education, Intervention through Education, Intervention, Educational

Questionnaire Administration

Other

Ancillary studies

Primary outcomes

  1. Success of program dissemination (Feasibility)

    Time frame: Up to 1 year

    Will be measured by number and demographics of attendees at each programs offered organizations to deliver financial health literacy education. Descriptive statistics will be used to summarize demographic and baseline characteristics.

  2. Satisfaction of financial health educational program (Acceptability)

    Time frame: Up to 1 year

    Descriptive statistics will be used to summarize demographic and baseline characteristics.

  3. Effectiveness of community based education

    Time frame: Up to 1 year

    Demographics of attendees at each program will determine the effectiveness of this community-based educational strategy to reach diverse, high-risk, and medically underserved community members.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in financial literacy knowledge

    Time frame: Baseline to 1 year

    Will use surveys to collect questionnaire data before and after education sessions. Scores from the pre- and post-knowledge tests will be computed as the average percent correct of the responses to each question and then will be compared across all participants. Comparisons of pre-post test scores will be made using paired-samples t-tests.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Money Matters 101: A Pilot Community-Based Financial Health Educational Program

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2025
First posted
Aug 18, 2023
Registry last updated
Feb 27, 2025

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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