ArticleContemporary clinical trials2018
Designing a randomized controlled trial to evaluate a community-based narrative intervention for improving colorectal cancer screening for African Americans.
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- Development of a tablet app designed to improve African Americans' screening colonoscopy rates.Translational behavioral medicine · 2020Trial
- A community-based approach to address lung cancer screening disparities in the black community using the Witness ProjectBMC public health · 2025Article
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- Trends in Up-To-Date Colorectal Cancer Screening Among U.S. Adults Aged 50-75 Years and Variations by Race/Ethnicity and U.S. Census Bureau Divisions.AJPM focus · 2023Article
- The Black Panther, Masculinity Barriers to Medical Care, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Intention Among Unscreened American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, and White Men.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Barriers to and Facilitators of Recruitment of Adult African American Men for Colorectal Cancer Research: An Instrumental Exploratory Case Study.JCO oncology practice · 2021Article
- Customer discovery as a tool for moving behavioral interventions into the marketplace: insights from the NCI SPRINT program.Translational behavioral medicine · 2019Article
- Effects of an entertaining, culturally targeted narrative and an appealing expert interview on the colorectal screening intentions of African American women.Journal of community psychology · 2018Article
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objectiveTo describe the methodology of a 2-arm randomized controlled trial that compared the effects of a narrative and didactic version of the Witness CARES (Community Awareness, Reach, & Empowerment for Screening) intervention on colorectal cancer screening behavior among African Americans, as well as the cognitive and affective determinants of screening.
methodsWitness CARES targeted cognitive and affective predictors of screening using a culturally competent, community-based, narrative or didactic communication approach. New and existing community partners were recruited in two New York sites. Group randomization allocated programs to the narrative or didactic arm. Five phases of data collection were conducted: baseline, post-intervention, three-month, six-month, and qualitative interviews. The primary outcome was screening behavior; secondary outcomes included cognitive and affective determinants of screening.
resultsA total of 183 programs were conducted for 2655 attendees. Of these attendees, 19.4% (N=516) across 158 programs (50% narrative; 50% didactic) were study-eligible and consented to participate. Half (45.6%) of the programs were delivered to new community partners and 34.8% were delivered at faith-based organizations. Mean age of the total sample was 64.7years and 75.4% were female.
conclusionThe planned number of programs was delivered, but the proportion of study-eligible attendees was lower than predicted. This community-based participatory research approach was largely successful in involving the community served in the development and implementation of the intervention and study.
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