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The Queens Library HealthLink Project

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
American Cancer Society, Inc.
QUEENS BOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY (QBPL)
Queens Health Network
Caritas Health Care, Inc
Information provided by:
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00579696
First received: December 20, 2007
Last updated: January 14, 2009
Last verified: January 2009
History of Changes

December 20, 2007
January 14, 2009
February 2007
January 2009   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
To determine whether community-based participatory action research leads to more effective cancer prevention and control in underserved communities compared to traditional, "topdown" programs. [ Time Frame: 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
To examine whether and how long program effects are sustained after completion of the intensive collaborative program planning intervention. [ Time Frame: 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00579696 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
To examine how communities engage in the participatory research process, in order to develop locally tailored initiatives for cancer education, prevention and control. [ Time Frame: 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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The Queens Library HealthLink Project
The Queens Library HealthLink Project

To determine whether community based participatory action research leads to more effective cancer prevention and control in underserved communities compared to traditional, "topdown" programs.

To examine how communities engage in the participatory research process, in order to develop locally tailored initiatives for cancer education, prevention and control.

To examine whether and how long program effects are sustained after completion of the intensive collaborative program planning intervention.
Observational
Observational Model: Ecologic or Community
Time Perspective: Prospective
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Non-Probability Sample

Low-Income areas in the borough of Queens
Multiple Diseases
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Completed
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January 2009
January 2009   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • This project is intended to reach participants over the age of 18 within each sampled neighborhood, inclusive of both women and men of all ethnic and language groups. As such, our outcomes assessment strategy is similarly inclusive. Specific sources of data and sampling strategies for different measures are detailed in Section 7, as part of our assessment plan.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Individuals younger than 18 years of age will not be included in this study.
Both
18 Years and older
Yes
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United States
 
NCT00579696
07-027
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Bruce Rapkin, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • American Cancer Society, Inc.
  • QUEENS BOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY (QBPL)
  • Queens Health Network
  • Caritas Health Care, Inc
Principal Investigator: Bruce Rapkin, PhD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
January 2009

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