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A Youth-led Intervention to Reduce Healthcare Disparities in Cancer Screening
RecruitingHealthy volunteers welcome
Who can join
Ages 15 to 80 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Student at New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School (15-18 years) and their adult family members (18+ years old) who are NJ residents. * Adults must be eligible for at least one cancer screening other than skin (see below). * Participants must be fluent in either English or Spanish and the youth must speak the same language as the adult. Breast: 40-74 year old women Cervical: 21-65 year old women with a cervix (have not had a hysterectomy) Colorectal: 45-75 year olds Prostate: 50 to 69 year old men (start at 45 for black males) Lung: 50 to 80 year olds who currently smoke or quit within the past 15 years Overall: 21-75 year old women 45-75 year old men 76-80 year olds who currently smoke or quit within the past 15 years Exclusion Criteria: * Students less than 15 years old. * Adults not eligible for a cancer screening of interest. * Unable to speak fluent English or Spanish.
About the study
This study engages youth as health advocates to increase cancer screening in their community. The study will evaluate the effectiveness of a youth-led intervention on cancer screening awareness in adults who are overdue for cancer screening.
What is being tested
- Youth-led cancer screening intervention (behavioral)
Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Participants: 84 · Started: May 30, 2025
Contact the study team
- Sara Heinert, PhD, MPH · Phone: 732-235-7872
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07008781
Locations in the U.S.
| New Jersey | New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School, New Brunswick |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.