Barriers and facilitators of cancer genetic risk screening at community-based organizations serving Latinas.

ABSTRACT: Cancer genetic counseling and testing is potentially lifesaving for individuals at risk of hereditary cancers. Yet, it is severely underutilized among under-resourced Latinas. There has been limited examination of implementing cancer genetic risk screening-the first step of cancer genetic counseling and testing -via community-based organizations (CBOs) serving Latinas. This project explored multilevel barriers and facilitators to implementing cancer genetic risk screening among four CBOs serving Latinas in the Washington DC-Virginia area. We conducted four focus groups with 26 staff at CBOs that implemented a genetic risk screener from January-September 2021. We employed template analysis and a modified Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)-consisting of CFIR's original

SUBMITTER: Ortega B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12708480 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature