Organizational readiness to implement population-based screening and genetic service delivery for hereditary cancer prevention and control.

ABSTRACT: Despite clinical guidelines, programs conducting population-based screening and genetic service delivery for hereditary cancer prevention and control are rare in practice. We interviewed individuals (n = 13) instrumental in implementing seven unique clinical programs conducting either universal tumor screening for Lynch Syndrome or routine family history screening and provision of genetic services for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in the United States. To characterize determinants of readiness to implement population-based cancer genetic service delivery models, interviews and deductive codes drew on Weiner's theory of organizational readiness for change. Qualitative analysis identified themes across programs. The degree to which organizational stakeholders valued moving to a popula

SUBMITTER: Knerr S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9235414 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature