Evaluating a Community-Based Behaviour Change Communication Model to Prevent Cholangiocarcinoma in Khon Kaen, Thailand

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Liver cancer, specifically cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), is very common in different areas in Thailand. Many factors make this cancer more common, such as liver fluke infection, older age, eating raw fish, family history of cancer, alcohol intake, taking certain medicines (praziquantel), low intake of fresh vegetable, and low education. In 2015, researchers from Khon Kaen University developed the Community-based Health Education and Communication (CHEC) program to prevent liver cancer caused by liver flukes in communities of the Khon Kaen province, Thailand. The main aim of this 5-year research study is to enhance the CHEC program to prevent liver cancer, and test if it is effective in improving the knowledge and behaviours of community residents regarding how to prevent liver cancer. This study will take place in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Other aims are to: 1. Increase understanding in the community that make it difficult to prevent liver cancer, as well as community characteristics that can help prevent liver cancer; 2. Incorporate the program we develop in healthcare to prevent liver cancer in Thailand.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 20
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• any individual residing in one of the 16 villages selected in the Khon Kaen province of Thailand, aged 20 and older

Locations
Other Locations
Thailand
Khon Kaen University
RECRUITING
Phu Wiang
Contact Information
Primary
Ricardo Angeles, MD, MPH, MHPEd, PhD
angelesric@gmail.com
905-515-2100
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-06-05
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-04-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 480
Treatments
No_intervention: Usual Care Community
Participants in this arm will not be given the eCHEC program
Active_comparator: eCHEC Community
Participants in this arm will be given the eCHEC program as their intervention
Sponsors
Collaborators: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Khon Kaen University, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
Leads: McMaster University

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