Men's Prostate Awareness Church Training (M-PACT)

May 16, 2022 updated by: University of Maryland, College Park

Prostate Cancer Education in African American Churches

The objective of the Prostate Cancer Education in African American Churches project is to develop and evaluate a spiritually-based educational intervention for Informed Decision Making (IDM) for prostate cancer screening to be delivered to African American men in church settings.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The specific aims of the project are to 1) develop, and 2) test the efficacy of a spiritually-based cancer communication intervention to increase IDM for prostate cancer screening among African American men in church settings, and including women as supportive "health partners".

A randomized controlled trial is utilized, in which churches will be randomized to: 1) male-only educational groups; and 2) co-educational groups where women supportive "health partners" are invited to attend with the men in dyads, and then break out into men's and women's discussion groups. These two approaches are compared through use of cluster randomized design to determine whether the addition of the women health partner increases the intervention efficacy in the study outcome of informed decision making for prostate cancer screening.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

536

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Maryland
      • College Park, Maryland, United States, 20742
        • University of Maryland School of Public Health

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

40 years to 69 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Male Study Participants

  • African American Men church attending men

  • 40-69 years of age Advisory Panel

    • Knowledgeable about the community where the intervention is implemented, adults ages 21+, review materials and provide input for intervention development and program implementation Pastors
    • Willing to conduct the intervention at church
    • Support the program
    • Designate two individuals to serve as community health advisors
    • Identify a ministry in the church which will champion the project Community Health Advisors
    • attend a 6 hour training and 1 hour certification
    • assist in recruitment of study participants
    • recruit up to 24 men
    • recruit up to 24 females to attend sessions with men in 10 Health Partner Churches
    • prepare and conduct the 4 part workshop series
    • serve as liaisons between the project and study team Workshop Participants
    • self-identified, African American men (40-69), Health Partners --over 18 years of age, able to complete self-administered paper-and-pencil surveys

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Workshop participants with a history of prostate cancer, do not meet the age criteria

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Screening
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Co-Educational Workshops
Community health advisors will be trained using traditional/classroom methods and provided with technical assistance/support to implement the 4 part health series with men and women dyads. Technical assistance and support will be given as needed to community health advisors. Workshop sessions will include didactic lecture, group discussions, video and group exercises.
Behavioral: Co-Educational Workshops
One male and one female Community Health Advisor will be trained using traditional/classroom methods and provided with technical assistance/support to implement the 4 part workshop series. Two break out sessions will occur in the Health Partner condition with separate discussion sessions for men and female health partners.
Active Comparator: Men's Workshops
Community health advisors will be trained using traditional/classroom methods and provided with technical assistance/support as needed to deliver 4 part educational sessions to men only groups to relay information about making an informed decision about prostate cancer screening. Workshop sessions will include didactic lecture, group discussions, video and group exercises.
Behavioral: Men's Workshops
Two male Community Health Advisors will be trained using traditional/classroom methods and provided with technical assistance/support to implement the 4 part workshop series.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Informed Decision making for Prostate Cancer Screening
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 month follow-up
IDM for prostate cancer screening for African American men participating in a church-based group educational workshops will be measured at baseline and 12 months. Survey assessments items for informed decision making include: stage of decision making, preference for decision making, and self-efficacy for decision making.
Baseline to 12 month follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Theory-based measures, prostate cancer knowledge, and prostate cancer screening
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 12 month follow-up
Health Belief Model-based scales including perceived benefits of screening; perceived barriers to screening; self-efficacy for screening; and knowledge including prostate cancer knowledge; knowledge about the prostate cancer screening controversy; and prostate cancer screening through self-report receipt of prostate specific antigen test and digital rectal examination
Change from baseline to 12 month follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Maryland, College Park

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Cheryl L Holt, PhD, University of Maryland School of Public Health

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 4, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

January 4, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 28, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 2, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

May 6, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 23, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 16, 2022

Last Verified

May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 12-0095
  • American Cancer Society (119421-RSGT-10-113-01-CPPB)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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