Breast and Cervical Cancer Stigma in Rwanda
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Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer
In brief
This study aims to assess breast and cervical cancer stigma and pilot a multi-modal intervention to mitigate stigma among patients, caregivers, and community health workers in Rwanda. The elements include resilience training (patient), support group (caregivers), or exposure to survivors by video and in-person (patient, caregivers, and community health workers), and educational curriculum (community health workers).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07663006
- Run by
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- People needed
- 1116
- Starts
- 2026-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2029-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-06-23
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients with pathologically confirmed breast or cervical cancer
- Patients receiving treatment at BCCOE during the study period
- Age 18 and over
- Ability to provide informed consent
- Ability to participate in interview or surveys in English or Kinyarwanda
You may not qualify if…
- Unwilling or Unable to consent to participation.
- Unable to comprehend study language (Kinyarwanda or English)
- Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
- Prisoners
- Pregnant women Note: Determination of ability to consent will be made by trained study staff prior to enrollment
- Interpersonal interviews and surveys:
- Caregivers of the potential patients will be identified from the potential patients. Potential patients will be identified by the clinical team from physical and electronic registries of patients. Potential participants will be screened for eligibility by the study research assistant.
- Inclusion Criteria
- Caregiver (including spouses, children, family members or other individuals as designated by patients) of patients with pathologically confirmed breast or cervical cancer who are actively receiving treatment at BCCOE during the study period
- Age 18 and over
- Ability to provide informed consent
- Ability to participate in interview or surveys in English or Kinyarwanda
- Exclusion Criteria
- Unwilling or Unable to consent to participation.
- Unable to comprehend study language (Kinyarwanda or English)
- Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
- Prisoners
- Pregnant women Note: Determination of ability to consent will be made by trained study staff prior to enrollment
- Institutional Focus group:
- An official participation letter will be sent from BL2TH to leaders of the preselected facilities. Interested participants will be encouraged to contact the study team. Potential participants will be invited by their hospital/center leadership and screened for eligibility by the study research assistant.
- Inclusion Criteria
- Healthcare Worker
- Working in a preselected health center, district hospital, provincial hospital in the Northern Province
- Age 18 or older
- Ability to provide informed consent
Where it is running
- Butaro Level 2 Teaching Hospital (BL2TH), Ministry of Health — Butaro, Rwanda
- University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) — Butaro, Rwanda
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