Intervention to promote cancer screenings among deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing participants who have not received screening within the recommended guideline.
Study hypothesizes that the intervention that involves utilization of a DDBHH CHN will result in (i) DDBHH patients demonstrating greater adherence to screening compared to DDBHH patients who were assigned to the standard of care group , and (ii) higher patient-physician communication rating by DDBHH patients compared to DDBHH patients who were assigned to the standard of care group. Bilingual ASL-English measures (e.g., sociodemographics, cancer knowledge, patient-physician communication) will be administered to the participant at baseline data collection and again after the final data collection or by 11 months for comparison.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
200
The CHN meets with DDBHH participant over sessions to provide navigation support through the cancer screening process.
Gallaudet University
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Number of participants who are adherent to cancer screening
Completion of at least one recommended cancer screening as measured by documentation of the actual screening
Time frame: 9 months
Percent of participants who demonstrate high cancer knowledge and high perceived patient centered care
Positive change in patient-physician communication and cancer knowledge from baseline to closeout as defined by the participating patient.
Time frame: 9 months
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