Implementing a chatbot to promote hereditary breast & ovarian cancer genetic screening in women's health: identifying barriers and facilitators to screening adoption.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To promote genetic screening among women at risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that risk assessment be integrated into practice. Chatbots like the Genetic Information Assistant (Gia®) are increasingly implemented to expand access to hereditary genetic screening. Factors that impact chatbot implementation for HBOC risk screening and women's uptake are not fully realized. To refine implementation strategies prior to full scale implementation, we sought to identify women's perceived facilitators/barriers to adopting Gia screening in a rural population within a large healthcare system in the southern United States.

Methods

We recruited both women who agreed to screen using Gia (and t

SUBMITTER: Wollney EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12276685 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature