EQUITA - A Feasibility Trial of a Faith-placed Intervention to Increase Screening Uptake in Black Adults

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND · May 12, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

The EQUITA trial is a study designed to find out how effective and acceptable a new program is for encouraging Black adults in certain areas of the UK to get important health screenings for breast, bowel, cervical cancers, and abdominal aortic aneurysms. The aim is to create a culturally sensitive approach that resonates with the community. Participants will attend a two-hour workshop and will be randomly placed in either a group that receives the new intervention or a control group that does not.

To join the trial, you need to be a member of one of the participating churches in the North East of England, Leeds, or Scotland, and identify as Black. Women aged 25-74 and men aged 50-74 who are not fully up to date with their screening tests can participate. This study is currently not recruiting participants yet, but it will last for 24 months and will help shape a larger trial in the future. It's a great opportunity to contribute to improving health screening rates in the community.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Members of participating churches (North East of England, Leeds, Scotland)
• • Self-identify as Black,
• • Female aged 25-74,
• • Male aged 50-74,
• • Not up to date with all screening tests for which they are eligible, e.g., women who are up to date with one form of screening (e.g., breast) will be eligible for recruitment if they are not up to date with others (e.g., cervical or bowel).
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Not a member of participating churches (North East of England, Leeds, Scotland).
• • Individuals who do not self-identify as Black
• • Do not self-identity as Black
• • Females aged outside the range of 25-74
• • Males aged outside the range of 50-74.
• • Individuals who are up to date with all screening tests for which they are eligible.