This clinical trial investigates barriers and facilitators to breast cancer screening among African-born immigrants. African immigrants face significant barriers to preventive health care, including lack of insurance, poor health care access, low health literacy, and language barriers. Without access to primary care, many preventive services, such as breast cancer screening, go unattended. This study may provide more knowledge about breast cancer screening among African immigrant populations to increase preventive screenings.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT04450264.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. Adapt and pilot the Witness Project breast cancer education program.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:
I. Identify barriers and facilitators of breast cancer screening.
OUTLINE:
AIM 1: Participants participate in a breast cancer education program through 1 of 2 data collection methods. This part is observational.
IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW: Participants participate in an in-depth, audio-recorded individual interview over 60 minutes to discuss their beliefs about barriers and facilitators they may face as they consider breast cancer screening.
QUANTITATIVE SURVEY: Participants complete a survey over 30 minutes to answer questions about breast cancer knowledge, self-efficacy, fear, mistrust, perceived risk, benefits/barriers to screening, fatalism, screening intention, acculturation, and health literacy.
AIM 2: Participants participate in a breast cancer education program over 60 minutes that addresses the benefits of early detection of breast cancer through screening, disparities in breast cancer, disparities in and breast cancer screening among African immigrant women, and the unique barriers and facilitators to screening for African immigrant women.
Trial PhaseNo phase specified
Trial Typescreening
Lead OrganizationIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Principal InvestigatorJamilia Sly
