This is an intervention study to increase colorectal cancer screening and physical activity in members of African-American churches who are 50 years old and older. The control arm receives the Body \& Soul program, a program to increase fruit and vegetable intake. The investigators hypothesize that those receiving the intervention, which includes four tailored newsletters and peer counseling, will be more likely to be screened if not up-to-date, and more likely to increase physical activity if screening was up-to-date at baseline, than controls.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
955
Pastoral and peer counseling, and church activities/menus to promote increased fruit and vegetable consumption among church members.
Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to promote CRC screening in church members who are out-of-date with screening. Four tailored newsletters and peer counseling calls to others to increase physical activity.
Higher incidence of CRC screening, if needed, among experimental participants.
Among church members who were out-of-date for CRC screening at baseline, a higher percentage of experimental participants will have been screened at the time of follow-up.
Time frame: One year
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