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NCT Number: NCT00579696

The Queens Library HealthLink Project

To determine whether community based participatory action research leads to more effective cancer prevention and control in underserved communities compared to traditional, "topdown" programs.

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Key information

Conditions

Multiple Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York, 10065, United States

About this study

To examine how communities engage in the participatory research process, in order to develop locally tailored initiatives for cancer education, prevention and control.

To examine whether and how long program effects are sustained after completion of the intensive collaborative program planning intervention.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • This project is intended to reach participants over the age of 18 within each sampled neighborhood, inclusive of both women and men of all ethnic and language groups. As such, our outcomes assessment strategy is similarly inclusive. Specific sources of data and sampling strategies for different measures are detailed in Section 7, as part of our assessment plan.

Exclusion criteria

  • Individuals younger than 18 years of age will not be included in this study.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. To determine whether community-based participatory action research leads to more effective cancer prevention and control in underserved communities compared to traditional, "topdown" programs.

    Time frame: 5 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. To examine how communities engage in the participatory research process, in order to develop locally tailored initiatives for cancer education, prevention and control.

    Time frame: 5 years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Other

Collaborators

  • American Cancer Society, Inc.
  • Caritas Health Care, Inc
  • QUEENS BOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY (QBPL)
  • Queens Health Network

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2007
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Dec 24, 2007
Registry last updated
Dec 18, 2015

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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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