Asian American women's perspectives on donating healthy breast tissue: implications for recruitment methods and messaging

dc.contributor.advisorParrish-Sprowl, John
dc.contributor.authorRidley-Merriweather, Katherine E.
dc.contributor.otherBute, Jennifer J.
dc.contributor.otherHead, Katharine J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-20T15:35:37Z
dc.date.available2017-01-20T15:35:37Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.degree.date2016en_US
dc.degree.disciplineCommunication Studiesen
dc.degree.grantorIndiana Universityen_US
dc.degree.levelM.A.en_US
dc.descriptionIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)en_US
dc.description.abstractAsian women have a lower risk than Caucasians, African Americans, and Latinas of developing breast cancer (BC). Yet, once Asians move to the U.S. their risk rates measurably increase. The Susan G. Komen® Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center (KTB), the only biobank of its kind in the world, collects healthy breast tissue from women of all racial groups to use as controls in BC research. The KTB represents a critical tool in efforts to treat and prevent BC; however, Asian American (AA) women display marked reticence towards donating tissue to the KTB. The purpose of this study is to use the basic components of Grounded Practical Theory to explore potential messaging that may result in AAs’ more positive outlook on breast tissue donation. This study recruited seventeen (N=17) AA women to share their perspectives on donating breast tissue for research purposes. Participants took part in an interactive focus group exploring potential messaging for successfully recruiting AA women to the KTB study. Findings revealed that: a) participants retained a culturally-embedded discomfort with donating, and a general distrust that their donation would be handled ethically and appropriately; b) the women possessed an extraordinary need for knowledge about all facets of the donation process; c) participants perceived that they lack a personal connection to BC, making it difficult for them to generate any truly altruistic tendencies to perform the desired behavior, or to understand a need to do so; and d) they possess a strong desire to learn why it seems important to the KTB to collect their tissue, and especially about the increased BC rates and risk for Asians who move to or are born in the U.S. The findings from this study have important implications for others who work in applied clinical settings and are interested in addressing racial disparities in medical research through more effective and targeted recruitment messaging.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.7912/C2HS4J
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/11838
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/476
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
dc.subjectAsian Americanen_US
dc.subjectbreast canceren_US
dc.subjectminorityen_US
dc.subjectpreventionen_US
dc.subjectclinical trialsen_US
dc.subjectcultural barriersen_US
dc.subjectgrounded practical theoryen_US
dc.titleAsian American women's perspectives on donating healthy breast tissue: implications for recruitment methods and messagingen_US
dc.typeThesisen
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Formatted thesis Ridley-Merriweather final ScholarWorks version.pdf
Size:
1.42 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Full thesis
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.88 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: