Barriers to Implementation of Breast Cancer Risk Assessment: The Health Care Team Perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess health care professionals' perceptions of barriers to the utilization of breast cancer risk assessment tools in the public health setting through a series of one-on-one interviews with health care team members.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional qualitative study consisting of one-on-one semistructured telephone interviews with health care team members in the public health setting in the state of Tennessee between May 2020 and October 2020. An iterative inductive-deductive approach was used for qualitative analysis of interview data, resulting in the development of a conceptual framework to depict influences of provider behavior in the utilization of breast cancer risk assessment.

Results

A total of 24 interviews were completed, and a framework o

SUBMITTER: Spalluto LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10042588 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature