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Where Culture Meets Genetics: Exploring Latinas Causal Attributions of Breast and Colon Cancer and Models of Disease Inheritance

NCT02767986 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2024-09-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Background:

Culture can affect the way a person thinks about illness. This can affect how they seek help for illness. It can also affect how they choose a treatment and follow it. This can lead to health disparities among certain groups of people. Breast and colon cancers are the most common cancers for Latinos. Even though they get these cancers at lower rates than other population groups, Latinos are more likely to be diagnosed with these cancers at advanced stages. Researchers want to study what Latina women immigrants believe causes breast and colon cancer and other factors they think play a role in disease. This understanding could lead to better interactions between Latinos and their doctors.

Objective:

To learn more about what Latina immigrants believe causes breast and colon cancer and other factors they think play a role in disease.

Eligibility:

Women ages 18 and older who:

Were born in Latin America

Speak Spanish

Have never had breast, ovarian, or colon cancer

Design:

Participants will be interviewed in person or over the phone. This will take up to an hour. The interview will be recorded. Participants will answer questions about:

Their family s cancer history

What they think causes breast and colon cancer

What they think plays a role in disease

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Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Lori Erby, Ph.D. · National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-05-10
Primary Completion
2017-02-02
Completion
2017-02-02

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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