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Development of a Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer and Genetics Training for Community Health Workers:  KEEP IT (Keeping Each other Engaged Program via IT) Community Health Worker Training

2023-04-21

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We developed a curriculum for community health workers (CHWs) using an innovative, community-engaged focus group and Delphi process approach. Equipping CHWs with knowledge of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) and genetics could help enhance identification of women at risk for HBOC, referral, and navigation through genetic services. Focus groups of five CHWs were conducted on two separate occasions. A thr...

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Literature Corpus work: 74d4af2d-dc76-533d-9074-1cd11a6be67f
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2833788/v1

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