Faith in Action! A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Church-based Navigation Model to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Among Korean Women in Los Angeles
The purpose of this research is to develop a culturally adapted Faith in Action! curriculum to train lay health navigators to provide breast cancer screening navigation to Korean American women within faith-based settings and evaluate whether the culturally adapted Faith in Action! curriculum increases adherence to breast cancer screening guidelines among Korean American women within faith-based settings in Los Angeles, California. The primary research procedures include trainings and key informant interviews with lay health navigators in faith-based settings followed by a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the intervention.
• Korean woman who is 45 years or older
• Does not currently have a breast cancer diagnosis
• Non-adherent to cancer screening (did not receive mammogram in last 2 years based on self-report)
• Prospective or current member of participating Korean Churches
• Willing to participate in study