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A Youth-led Intervention to Reduce Healthcare Disparities in Cancer Screening

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Start Date

5/30/2025

Completion Date

2/1/2027

Summary

This study engages youth as health advocates to increase cancer screening in their community. The study will evaluate the effectiveness of a youth-led intervention on cancer screening awareness in adults who are overdue for cancer screening.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 15 years to 80 years

Inclusion Criteria: * Student at New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School (15-18 years) and their adult family members (18+ years old) who are NJ residents. * Adults must be eligible for at least one cancer screening other than skin (see below). * Participants must be fluent in either English or Spanish and the youth must speak the same language as the adult. Breast: 40-74 year old women Cervical: 21-65 year old women with a cervix (have not had a hysterectomy) Colorectal: 45-75 year olds Prostate: 50 to 69 year old men (start at 45 for black males) Lung: 50 to 80 year olds who currently smoke or quit within the past 15 years Overall: 21-75 year old women 45-75 year old men 76-80 year olds who currently smoke or quit within the past 15 years Exclusion Criteria: * Students less than 15 years old. * Adults not eligible for a cancer screening of interest. * Unable to speak fluent English or Spanish.

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Youth-led cancer screening intervention

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Conditions

Cancer

Locations

New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School

New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

United States