¿Ahora que?: Cultural Adaptation of a Cancer Survivorship Intervention for Latino/a Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

With a steadily increasing number of Latino/a cancer survivors, there is a need for supportive care programs for this underserved survivor subgroup.

Methods

In this study, the authors culturally adapted an evidence-based survivorship program, Cancer Transitions: Moving Beyond Treatment (CT) for this population. Guided by Barrera and Castro's heuristic model for cultural adaptation of interventions, we conducted five focus groups (FG) among Latino/a cancer survivors (n = 54) in several US sites to inform the preliminary adaptation of program materials. We conducted four additional FGs (n = 38) to obtain feedback on adapted materials.

Results

Common themes from initial FGs were related to program delivery and logistics, and general recommendations for CT modif

SUBMITTER: Valle CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7028358 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature