Blood and Lymph Conditions

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Hematologic Diseases

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

Focus Group Discussions and Semi-structured Interviews

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.

Training community lay navigators

Shakira Grant, MD

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.

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

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

Through semi-structured interviews, feedback will be qualitatively collected from community representatives to guide the adaptation and further refinement of lay navigator training materials.

Through focus group discussions, feedback will be qualitatively collected from community representatives to guide the adaptation and further refinement of lay navigator training materials.

The ability to train community lay navigators using the newly adapted training content- training sessions will be assessed by the number of training sessions completed by lay navigators and the research staff, allowing for sharing of broad perspectives on training methods, content, and delivery.

The ability to train community lay navigators using the newly adapted training content will be assessed through qualitative semi-structured interviews with lay navigators and the research staff, allowing for sharing of broad perspectives on training methods, content, and delivery.

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Intervention to Address Psychosocial Needs Among Socially Disadvantaged Older Adults With Cancer	NCT05828654	Hematological D...	Focus Group Dis... Training commun...	18 Years -	UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Intervention to Address Psychosocial Needs Among Socially Disadvantaged Older Adults With Cancer	NCT05828654	Hematological D...	Focus Group Dis... Training commun...	18 Years -	UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

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