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Brief Title: ACS Community Access to Resources Education and Support
Official Title: Community Engagement in the Development of Oncology Navigation Training
Study ID: NCT06285929
Brief Summary: The goal of this study is to evaluate the pilot phase of ACS Cares to identify key implementation outcomes and assess effectiveness of the program to improve distress, enhance communication, and reduce missed appointments and healthcare utilization.
Detailed Description: In 2023, the American Cancer Society (ACS) created a new program, ACS Cares, based on the Take the Fight experience and existing literature on non-clinical navigation. The goal of ACS Cares is to supplement existing navigation infrastructure to extend navigation services to a broader population of patients. This is accomplished through designating lower level, timely tasks to volunteers and allowing paid navigators to practice at the highest level of their license (e.g nurses proving symptom management, higher level coordination). The goal of this study is to evaluate the pilot phase of ACS Cares to identify key implementation outcomes and assess effectiveness of the program to improve distress, enhance communication, and reduce missed appointments and healthcare utilization.
Minimum Age:
Eligible Ages: CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: Yes
UCLA Health, Los Angeles, California, United States
American Cancer Society, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Medical University Hospital Authority, Hollings Cancer Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States