Community health workers and precision medicine: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Precision cancer care has reduced cancer-related mortality. However, minorities remain less likely to receive precision medicine than White populations with cancer due to language and system-level barriers. Precision medicine knowledge increases involvement in treatment decisions and receipt of such treatment. Few interventions exist that seek to improve precision medicine knowledge among low-income and racial and ethnic minorities with cancer.

Methods

We designed a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a community health worker (CHW)-delivered intervention on patients' knowledge of precision medicine in partnership with a community oncology clinic in Monterey County, California. Eligibility includes adults with newly diagnosed, progression

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10091902 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature