Men's Prostate Awareness Church Training
M-PACT
Prostate Cancer Education in African American Churches
2 other identifiers
interventional
536
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The objective of the Prostate Cancer Education in African American Churches project is to develop and evaluate a spiritually-based educational intervention for Informed Decision Making (IDM) for prostate cancer screening to be delivered to African American men in church settings.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable prostate-cancer
Started Feb 2012
Longer than P75 for not_applicable prostate-cancer
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 1, 2012
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 28, 2014
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 6, 2014
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 4, 2018
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 4, 2018
CompletedMay 23, 2022
May 1, 2022
5.9 years
April 28, 2014
May 16, 2022
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Informed Decision making for Prostate Cancer Screening
IDM for prostate cancer screening for African American men participating in a church-based group educational workshops will be measured at baseline and 12 months. Survey assessments items for informed decision making include: stage of decision making, preference for decision making, and self-efficacy for decision making.
Baseline to 12 month follow-up
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Theory-based measures, prostate cancer knowledge, and prostate cancer screening
Change from baseline to 12 month follow-up
Study Arms (2)
Co-Educational Workshops
EXPERIMENTALCommunity health advisors will be trained using traditional/classroom methods and provided with technical assistance/support to implement the 4 part health series with men and women dyads. Technical assistance and support will be given as needed to community health advisors. Workshop sessions will include didactic lecture, group discussions, video and group exercises.
Men's Workshops
ACTIVE COMPARATORCommunity health advisors will be trained using traditional/classroom methods and provided with technical assistance/support as needed to deliver 4 part educational sessions to men only groups to relay information about making an informed decision about prostate cancer screening. Workshop sessions will include didactic lecture, group discussions, video and group exercises.
Interventions
Two male Community Health Advisors will be trained using traditional/classroom methods and provided with technical assistance/support to implement the 4 part workshop series.
One male and one female Community Health Advisor will be trained using traditional/classroom methods and provided with technical assistance/support to implement the 4 part workshop series. Two break out sessions will occur in the Health Partner condition with separate discussion sessions for men and female health partners.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Male Study Participants
- African American Men church attending men
- years of age Advisory Panel
- Knowledgeable about the community where the intervention is implemented, adults ages 21+, review materials and provide input for intervention development and program implementation Pastors
- Willing to conduct the intervention at church
- Support the program
- Designate two individuals to serve as community health advisors
- Identify a ministry in the church which will champion the project Community Health Advisors
- attend a 6 hour training and 1 hour certification
- assist in recruitment of study participants
- recruit up to 24 men
- recruit up to 24 females to attend sessions with men in 10 Health Partner Churches
- prepare and conduct the 4 part workshop series
- serve as liaisons between the project and study team Workshop Participants
- self-identified, African American men (40-69), Health Partners --over 18 years of age, able to complete self-administered paper-and-pencil surveys
You may not qualify if:
- Workshop participants with a history of prostate cancer, do not meet the age criteria
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Maryland School of Public Health
College Park, Maryland, 20742, United States
Related Publications (4)
Saunders DR, Holt CL, Whitehead TL, Atkinson NL, Le D, Wang MQ, Slade JL, Muwwakkil B, Williams R, Schulz E, Naslund M. Development of the men's prostate awareness church training: church-based workshops for African American men. Fam Community Health. 2013 Jul-Sep;36(3):224-35. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e318292eb40.
PMID: 23718958BACKGROUNDLe D, Holt CL, Saunders DR, Wang MQ, Coriolan A, Savoy AD, Slade JL, Muwwakkil B, Atkinson NL. Feasibility and acceptability of SMS text messaging in a prostate cancer educational intervention for African American men. Health Informatics J. 2016 Dec;22(4):932-947. doi: 10.1177/1460458215598636. Epub 2015 Aug 30.
PMID: 26324051DERIVEDSaunders DR, Holt CL, Le D, Slade JL, Muwwakkil B, Savoy A, Williams R, Whitehead TL, Wang MQ, Naslund MJ. Recruitment and Participation of African American Men in Church-Based Health Promotion Workshops. J Community Health. 2015 Dec;40(6):1300-10. doi: 10.1007/s10900-015-0054-9.
PMID: 26089253DERIVEDHolt CL, Le D, Saunders DR, Wang MQ, Slade JL, Muwwakkil B, Williams R, Atkinson NL, Whitehead TL, Naslund M. Informed Decision-Making and Satisfaction with a Church-Based Men's Health Workshop Series for African-American Men: Men-Only vs. Mixed-Gender Format. J Cancer Educ. 2015 Sep;30(3):530-4. doi: 10.1007/s13187-014-0731-x.
PMID: 25330866DERIVED
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Cheryl L Holt, PhD
University of Maryland School of Public Health
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- SCREENING
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 28, 2014
First Posted
May 6, 2014
Study Start
February 1, 2012
Primary Completion
January 4, 2018
Study Completion
January 4, 2018
Last Updated
May 23, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-05