NCT05828654

Intervention to Address Psychosocial Needs Among Socially Disadvantaged Older Adults With Cancer

Adapting Peer Connect to Train Lay Navigators in Delivering Psychosocial Support to Older Adults With Cancer

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to convene a group of diverse North Carolina-based community representatives (patients, caregivers, leaders of faith-based organizations, social workers, and patient navigators) to inform the adaptation of materials used to train lay navigators in the delivery of psychosocial support interventions tailored to older socially disadvantaged adults with cancer.

Detailed description

This behavioral study will explore community representatives' perspectives on the resources and training needed to support the development of a lay navigation program tailored to older socially disadvantaged adults with cancer. It was hypothesized that diverse community representatives could inform the adaptation of training materials (Peer Connect) and subsequent training of community lay navigators, who will then be positioned to address the psychosocial needs of older adults with cancer

Conditions

• Hematological Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Focus Group Discussions and Semi-structured Interviews	Community representatives will be asked to participate in either 1:1 semi-structured interviews with a research staff member or to engage in focus group discussions with other community members. These interviews and discussions will gather broad perspectives on resource and training needs for community lay navigators and inform the adaptation of existing Peer Connect training materials
BEHAVIORAL	Training community lay navigators	Lay navigators identified from among the recruited community representatives will be trained either in-person or virtually by research staff members in motivational interviewing and other strategies to provide psychosocial support to older socially disadvantaged adults with cancer. For community lay navigators and inform the adaptation of existing Peer Connect training materials.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-28
• Primary completion: 2023-09-28
• Completion: 2023-09-28
• First posted: 2023-04-25
• Last updated: 2023-10-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States