Rural education program aims to increase cancer screening
NCT ID NCT04414306
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested an educational program to help people in rural areas learn more about colorectal cancer screening. 205 adults aged 45-74 from specific counties in New Hampshire and Vermont took part. Researchers measured changes in knowledge and intentions to get screened before and after the program.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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205 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2020
- Finished
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Nov 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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45 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Resident of one of the RUCC 7-9 counties in New Hampshire or Vermont (Coos or Sullivan County, NH; Caledonia, Windsor, Windham, Orange, Orleans, Lamoille, or Essex County, VT) and * Age 45-74 at the time of enrollment in the study Exclusion Criteria: \- Cognitive impairment preventing participation in informed consent process Three-Month Follow-Up Survey Inclusion Criteria: A participant will be eligible for inclusion in the three-month follow-up survey if the participant completed the pre-test, educational intervention, and post-test and at the time of initial participation: * Answered a colorectal cancer screening history question indicating that the participant has never received colorectal cancer screening OR does not know if he/she has received colorectal cancer screening previously OR * Answered a series of questions indicating that the participant received prior colorectal cancer screening but may be overdue for colorectal cancer screening based on the type of colorectal cancer screening last reported and screening guidelines for the frequency of re-screening. Six-Month Follow-Up Survey Inclusion Criteria: A participant will be eligible for inclusion in the six-month follow-up survey if the participant participated in the three-month-follow up survey and at that time reported that having: * A FIT/FOBT screening or Cologuard (stool) screening performed since the time of initial study participation, but having not received the results * An abnormal FIT/FOBT, or Cologuard (stool) screening since the time of initial study participation, but had not received a diagnostic colonoscopy * A colonoscopy since the time of initial study participation, but had not received the final results
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dartmouth Cancer Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756, United States
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