Adapting a Program to Inform African American and Hispanic American Women About Cancer Clinical Trials
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- 10 February 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Cancer Education
- Vol. 25 (2) , 142-145
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-009-0032-y
Abstract
The dearth of evidence-based clinical trial education programs may contribute to the underrepresentation of African American and Hispanic American women in cancer research studies. This study used focus group-derived data from 80 women distributed among eight Spanish- and English-language focus groups. These data guided the researchers’ adaptation and refinement of the National Cancer Institute’s various clinical trials education programs into a program that was specifically focused on meeting the information needs of minority women and addressing the barriers to study participation that they perceived. A “sisterhood” theme was adopted and woven throughout the presentation.Keywords
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