Promoting Organizational Capacity to Implement Cancer Control Programs Among Latino Churches

Promoting the Utilization of Cancer Early Detection Methods Among Latinos in Church: a Faith-based Approach

This research study aims to develop an organizational-level intervention to enable communities to adopt, adapt, implement and sustain evidence-based interventions (EBIs) to address cancer disparities among Latinos. The investigators partner with faith-based organizations, since they play a highly prominent role in Latino community life. This three-phase study will: (1) improve understanding of the organizational infrastructure, skills and resources required by Latino churches to implement EBIs for cancer control, (2) develop a capacity-building intervention; and (3) test the intervention's effectiveness in a randomized trial.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parishes eligible for the Randomized trial are those that are: Roman Catholic, located in Massachusetts, offer religious services in Spanish, and have taken part in the organizational survey.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not Roman Catholic, not located in Massachusetts, don't offer religious services in Spanish, and have not participated in the organizational survey.