Black Women's Perspectives on Breast Cancer Risk Assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to gather the perspectives of Black women on breast cancer risk assessment through a series of one-on-one interviews.

Methods

The authors conducted a cross-sectional qualitative study consisting of one-on-one semistructured telephone interviews with Black women in Tennessee between September 2020 and November 2020. Guided by the Health Belief Model, qualitative analysis of interview data was performed in an iterative inductive and deductive approach and resulted in the development of a conceptual framework to depict influences on a woman's decision to engage with breast cancer risk assessment.

Results

A total of 37 interviews were completed, and a framework of influences on a woman's decision to engage in breast cancer risk assessment

SUBMITTER: Spalluto LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10027374 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature