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Development of a culturally sensitive narrative intervention to promote genetic counseling among African American women at risk for hereditary breast cancer.

Vida HendersonIfeanyi Beverly ChukwudozieDeLawnia Comer-HagansVickii CoffeyGiesela GrumbachShirley SpencerCarolyn RodgersRavneet KaurJennifer NewsomeLara BalayTara MagaLe'Chaun KendallCatherine BalthazarKarriem WatsonRobert WinnAngela Odoms-YoungKent F Hoskins
Published in: Cancer (2021)
Multiple qualitative data collection methods and a robust theoretical framework of health behavior were key elements for this study to develop a culturally sensitive, narrative intervention that reflects lived experiences and motivates underserved African American women with hereditary breast cancer risk to engage in genetic counseling. This strategy can be applied to mitigate racial inequities in the use of other genomic approaches for personalizing cancer care.
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