A Community Health Education Intervention for Increasing Community-driven Actions to Reduce the Cancer Burden in Western New York

Description

This clinical trial evaluates a community health education intervention (I CAN) for increasing community-driven actions to reduce the cancer burden in Western New York. Engaging community members is a critical component of designing impactful programs to reduce the cancer burden. Leaders at the national, state, and local levels have all called for more community partnerships and engagement in design of health intervention and policies. The I CAN intervention is a workshop that includes a presentation outlining key concepts related to social network processes and the cancer burden in Western New York, a structured skill-building activity, and then empowering and motivating activities meant to cultivate momentum and excitement for action. This community health education intervention may be able to provide a formalized process for empowering and facilitating community members to take steps to reduce the community cancer burden.

Conditions

Healthy

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This clinical trial evaluates a community health education intervention (I CAN) for increasing community-driven actions to reduce the cancer burden in Western New York. Engaging community members is a critical component of designing impactful programs to reduce the cancer burden. Leaders at the national, state, and local levels have all called for more community partnerships and engagement in design of health intervention and policies. The I CAN intervention is a workshop that includes a presentation outlining key concepts related to social network processes and the cancer burden in Western New York, a structured skill-building activity, and then empowering and motivating activities meant to cultivate momentum and excitement for action. This community health education intervention may be able to provide a formalized process for empowering and facilitating community members to take steps to reduce the community cancer burden.

I Can Join the Fight Against Cancer: An Intervention to Programmatically Build Grassroots Actions to Reduce the Cancer Burden

A Community Health Education Intervention for Increasing Community-driven Actions to Reduce the Cancer Burden in Western New York

Condition
Healthy
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Buffalo

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Being over 18 years old
  • * Able to participate in English
  • * Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Roswell Park Cancer Institute,

Elizabeth Bouchard, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Study Record Dates

2026-11-15