A multi-site cultural and linguistic adaptation of a hypospadias decision aid for Latinx communities.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Latinx, Spanish-speaking (LSS) patients are more likely to experience decisional conflict and regret about healthcare decisions than non-Hispanic, white, English-speaking patients.

Objective

To adapt the Hypospadias Hub (Hub), a rigorously developed and tested web-based decision aid (DA), for LSS parents.

Methods

Guided by the Ecological Validity Model (EVM), a heuristic framework was followed to culturally adapt the Hub (see Extended Summary Figure). In stage 1, recommendations were obtained from a focus group with members of the institution's Latinx Community Review Board (Latinx CRB) and semi-structured interviews with pediatricians with Latinx-focused practices. In stage 2, preliminary cultural modifications were made, the Hub was translated into Span

SUBMITTER: Binion KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11330363 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature