Assessing Social Determinants of Health to Increase Cancer Screening

Part of paid clinical trials in Nutley, New Jersey.

Sponsor
Hackensack Meridian Health
Study ID
NCT06052449
Status
Completed

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
50 Years - 80 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Social determinants of health screening assessment and referral process — BEHAVIORAL
    Unite Us is an electronic SDoH screening and referral tool assessing: (1) financial resource strain; (2) housing stability; (3) transportation needs; and (4) food insecurity. Upon completion, the Unite Us platform identifies a list of geographically-tailored resources to connect the individual in need. A staff member will administer the SDoH screening and referral tool, review the results with the participant, and use the geographically-tailored resources to make SDoH-related referrals.
  • Current practice - Community-based lunch cancer screening (LungTalk) — BEHAVIORAL
    The current practice during community events is to offer LungTalk. LungTalk is a novel theoretically grounded health educational tool that will be delivered via iPad and is an interactive computer-based program that includes audio, video and animation segments with scripts presented from a master content library in consideration of different ways people like to learn. Informed by our prior research, LungTalk tailors its content based on smoking status and perceived barriers.

Study Details

A multilevel lung screening intervention that pairs Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) screening and referral with a tailored health communication and decision support tool for lung screening has the potential to significantly impact lung screening uptake among at-risk individuals in the community, particularly among those who face barriers related to SDoH. In addition, findings will advance the understanding of effective strategies for improving lung screening and prevention efforts in non-traditional settings, with the ultimate goal of reducing the burden of lung cancer. As ways to support the realization of the public health benefit of lung cancer screening are considered, multiple strategies and venues to reach, and intervene, with screening-eligible is key. The goal of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a community-based lung screening educational tool paired with a social determinants of health (SDoH) screening assessment and referral process compared to a community-based lung cancer screening (LCS) educational tool alone as part of community outreach activities to improve (a) LCS rates (primary outcome); (b) intention to screen; and (c) individual-level potential drivers of LCS (health literacy, mistrust, stigma, fatalism, knowledge, health beliefs). It is hypothesized that providing SDoH screening and referral will result in higher levels of LCS, forward movement of intention to screen, and improved individual-level drivers of LCS.

Key Dates

Start date
Sep 30, 2023
Status verified
Feb 2026
Primary completion
Aug 19, 2025
Completion
Aug 19, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
101 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING

Arms

  • Experimental: Social determinants of health screening
    Participants will receive a social determinants of health screening assessment and referral process in addition to the community-based lung cancer screening educational tool.
  • Active Comparator: Community-based lung cancer screening
    Participants will receive a community-based lung cancer screening educational tool.

Primary Outcome Measure

Lung Cancer Screening Uptake [ Time Frame: 1 months post intervention ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIP
Hackensack Meridian Health - Center for Discovery and InnovationNutleyNew Jersey07110

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