Galen Joseph|Mary S. Beattie|Robin Lee|Dejana Braithwaite|C Wilcox|Maya Metrikin|Kate Lamvik|Judith Luce
Pre?counseling Education for Low Literacy Women at Risk of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC): Patient Experiences Using the Cancer Risk Education Intervention Tool (CREdIT)
University of California, San Francisco|San Francisco General Hospital|University of California, San Francisco|San Francisco General Hospital|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco|The University of Texas at San Antonio|San Francisco General Hospital|University of California, San Francisco|San Francisco General Hospital|University of California, San Francisco|San Francisco General Hospital|University of California, San Francisco
cancer risk education intervention tool credit computerbased noninteractive slide presentation designed educate lowliteracy ethnically racially diverse public hospital patients risk hereditary breast ovarian cancer hboc genetics qualitatively evaluate participants experience perceptions genetic education program adjunct genetic counseling conducted direct observations intervention semistructured person interviews 11 women viewed credit postcounseling questionnaires two participating genetic counselors five themes emerged analysis interviews 1 genetic counseling testing breastovarian cancer new concept 2 credits story format particularly appealing 3 changes participants perceived risk breast cancer varied 4 misunderstandings individual risk heredity persisted credit counseling 5 context viewing credit shaped responses presentation observations demonstrated ways make information provided credit genetic counselors consistent postsession counselor questionnaire counselors rating patients preparedness session significantly higher patients viewed credit prior appointments patients novel educational tool fills gap hboc education tailoring information women lower literacy diverse ethnicracial backgrounds tool well received interview participants counselors alike study needed examine varied effects credit risk perception addition implementation credit diverse clinical settings cultural adaptation credit specific populations reflect important areas future work