TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of novel home-based tampon sampling for endometrial cancer
T2 - Findings from community-based focus groups with Black and White women
AU - Ridgeway, Jennifer L.
AU - Albertie, Monica L.
AU - Williams, Shantel
AU - Pantoja, Elizabeth
AU - Stephenson, Noreen
AU - Pacheco-Spann, Laura
AU - Ball, Colleen T.
AU - Radecki Breitkopf, Carmen
AU - Bakkum-Gamez, Jamie N.
AU - Chase, Lori
AU - DeStephano, Christopher C.
AU - Sherman, Mark E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Mayo Clinic, 2021.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Novel endometrial cancer (EC) early-detection approaches may reduce racial disparities in mortality. We conducted six community-based focus groups with White and Black women (N = 57 participants) in February-March 2020 to explore acceptability of a home-based tampon sampling approach for EC. Participants also completed a survey. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Awareness of EC and risk factors was low. Acceptability regarding home sampling was high, but participants expressed concerns about instruction complexity and potential risks. Black women reported lower comfort with tampons. Increasing EC awareness, self-efficacy, and familiarization with tampons would advance prospects for at-home sample collection for EC testing.
AB - Novel endometrial cancer (EC) early-detection approaches may reduce racial disparities in mortality. We conducted six community-based focus groups with White and Black women (N = 57 participants) in February-March 2020 to explore acceptability of a home-based tampon sampling approach for EC. Participants also completed a survey. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Awareness of EC and risk factors was low. Acceptability regarding home sampling was high, but participants expressed concerns about instruction complexity and potential risks. Black women reported lower comfort with tampons. Increasing EC awareness, self-efficacy, and familiarization with tampons would advance prospects for at-home sample collection for EC testing.
KW - Endometrial cancer
KW - focus groups
KW - formative evaluation
KW - health disparities
KW - home testing
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U2 - 10.1017/cts.2021.787
DO - 10.1017/cts.2021.787
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120406351
SN - 2059-8661
VL - 5
JO - Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
JF - Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
IS - 1
M1 - e125
ER -