NCT07008781NARecruitingAccepts Healthy Volunteers
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
Conditions
Cancer
Locations
New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
United States