Health Trials

Evaluating Interventions for Breast Cancer Screening in Ghana

ConditionBreast Cancer Screening
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age25+
SponsorUniversity of Huddersfield

About this trial

This study aims to implement two interventions to determine the most effective one that can improve Ghanaian women's decision to get their breasts examined by a healthcare professional. The two interventions are (1) a system where community health nurses will be leveraged to educate women on breast cancer screening; (2) a system where women will be sent text messages about breast cancer screening. Both interventions will be carried out over five months. A survey will be conducted before the intervention is introduced. Then, after the sixth month, another survey will be implemented to determine whether there have been changes. Only women who are 25 years or older will be included in the study.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Must be a female aged 25 years or older

Must be resident in the Danfa community

Must be someone who can confirm their availability for at least the next eight months after the initiation of the trial

Disqualifiers

Males

Females aged <25 years

Women who are not resident in the study setting

Women who cannot be available for at least the next eight months after the initiation of the trial

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Community Health Nurse-Led Breast Cancer Screening Education

    Other intervention

    The Community Health Nurse-led intervention differs from conventional health education programmes by using trained community health nurses who are embedded within the local healthcare system to deliver structured, interactive, and culturally responsive breast cancer screening education. Unlike one-time awareness campaigns, this intervention provides repeated biweekly sessions over five months, allowing progressive learning, reinforcement of key messages, and opportunities to address participant concerns and misconceptions.

  • Text Messaging Breast Cancer Screening Educational Intervention

    Other intervention

    The text messaging intervention is distinguished by its use of a structured, evidence-informed mobile health approach to deliver breast cancer screening information directly to participants' mobile phones. Unlike generic health reminder messages, the intervention follows the same thematic structure as the CHN-led programme, ensuring delivery of comprehensive breast cancer screening education rather than isolated screening prompts.

  • Control Arm - standard of care

    Other intervention

    The control group will receive standard community-level healthcare information routinely provided through existing primary healthcare services and will not receive any additional breast cancer screening-specific education, text messages, or structured intervention activities during the study period. This distinguishes the control condition from the intervention groups by maintaining usual care while allowing evaluation of the added effect of community health nurse-led education and text messaging interventions.

Treatment groups

828 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Arm 1Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Arm 2Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group C: Arm 3Placebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Clinical breast examination uptake

The proportion of women who would have had their breasts examined by a health care professional and the proportion of women who would have practiced breast self-examination.

Time frame
Five months after the intervention

Secondary outcomes

1

Breast cancer literacy

The proportion of women who are knowledgeable of breast cancer risk factors, and the suggestive signs and symptoms of breast cancer.

Time frame
Five months after the implementation of the intervention.
2

Attitude to breast cancer screening

The proportion of women with a positive attitude towards breast cancer screening.

Time frame
Five months after the implementation of the intervention.

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Huddersfield

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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