Increasing Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening and HPV Vaccination Among Underserved Texans

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston1,554 enrolled

Overview

This study involves a partnership between UTHealth School of Public Health and the Texas 2-1-1 service, which is a helpline connecting low-income and minority callers with a number of needed services. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a prevention program in which a phone navigator intervention designed to connect 2-1-1 helpline callers to evidence-based screening and prevention services including mammography, Pap test screening, colorectal cancer screening, and HPV vaccination.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

1,554

Conditions

Cancer Prevention

Interventions

Cancer control navigation (CNN)

Cancer Control Navigators (CNNs) housed at 2-1-1 call centers aid callers. CNNs receive electronic summary profiles of participants assigned to navigation. Navigators call the participant, build a collaborative relationship with them, identify their needs, work with them to identify barriers to services and coordinate solutions, and provide logistic (e.g., making appointments) and emotional support. Navigation services are provided by telephone only.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * callers to 2-1-1 * consents to participate, * English or Spanish speaking * not in a crisis (e.g., disaster-related 2-1-1 call or personal crisis) Exclusion Criteria: * not English or Spanish speaking * in crisis (e.g., disaster-related call or personal crisis) * calling on behalf of another client and not for self

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of participants who complete needed cancer screening and prevention services

Cancer screening and prevention services include mammogram, Pap test, HPV vaccine, and/or colorectal cancer screening.

Time frame: one month after referral