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Helping Mothers and Daughters Talk about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk and Risk-Reducing Lifestyle Behaviors
Background: Mothers and daughters struggle to talk about breast cancer risk. Even less attention is paid to environmental determinants of cancer. Third-party online approaches can be helpful navigating these conversations. The aim of this study was to obtain feedback from mothers exposed to a social...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7370108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32630657 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134757 |
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author | Fisher, Carla L. Wright, Kevin B. Rising, Camella J. Cai, Xiaomei Mullis, Michaela D. Burke-Garcia, Amelia Afanaseva, Dasha |
author_facet | Fisher, Carla L. Wright, Kevin B. Rising, Camella J. Cai, Xiaomei Mullis, Michaela D. Burke-Garcia, Amelia Afanaseva, Dasha |
author_sort | Fisher, Carla L. |
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description | Background: Mothers and daughters struggle to talk about breast cancer risk. Even less attention is paid to environmental determinants of cancer. Third-party online approaches can be helpful navigating these conversations. The aim of this study was to obtain feedback from mothers exposed to a social media intervention (“mommy bloggers”) and identify their preferences for message-design approaches that could help them talk to their daughter(s) about environmental breast cancer risk. Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 50 mothers. A thematic analysis was conducted using the constant comparative method. Results: Mothers identified four approaches to message design that could help facilitate mother–daughter communication about environmental breast cancer risk. These included two action-oriented approaches that centered on getting the conversation started and keeping the conversation going and two approaches based on lifespan factors to promote daughters’ engagement by using age-appropriate language and visuals and focusing on developmentally specific lifestyle behaviors. Mothers also provided recommended strategies within each approach. Conclusions: Mothers identified various approaches interventionists can utilize to overcome barriers to talking to daughters about environmental breast cancer risk. To promote mother–daughter communication, the messages should be action-oriented to facilitate interaction, but also developed with lifespan and developmental considerations in mind to engage daughters. |
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spelling | pubmed-73701082020-07-21 Helping Mothers and Daughters Talk about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk and Risk-Reducing Lifestyle Behaviors Fisher, Carla L. Wright, Kevin B. Rising, Camella J. Cai, Xiaomei Mullis, Michaela D. Burke-Garcia, Amelia Afanaseva, Dasha Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Mothers and daughters struggle to talk about breast cancer risk. Even less attention is paid to environmental determinants of cancer. Third-party online approaches can be helpful navigating these conversations. The aim of this study was to obtain feedback from mothers exposed to a social media intervention (“mommy bloggers”) and identify their preferences for message-design approaches that could help them talk to their daughter(s) about environmental breast cancer risk. Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 50 mothers. A thematic analysis was conducted using the constant comparative method. Results: Mothers identified four approaches to message design that could help facilitate mother–daughter communication about environmental breast cancer risk. These included two action-oriented approaches that centered on getting the conversation started and keeping the conversation going and two approaches based on lifespan factors to promote daughters’ engagement by using age-appropriate language and visuals and focusing on developmentally specific lifestyle behaviors. Mothers also provided recommended strategies within each approach. Conclusions: Mothers identified various approaches interventionists can utilize to overcome barriers to talking to daughters about environmental breast cancer risk. To promote mother–daughter communication, the messages should be action-oriented to facilitate interaction, but also developed with lifespan and developmental considerations in mind to engage daughters. MDPI 2020-07-02 2020-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7370108/ /pubmed/32630657 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134757 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Fisher, Carla L. Wright, Kevin B. Rising, Camella J. Cai, Xiaomei Mullis, Michaela D. Burke-Garcia, Amelia Afanaseva, Dasha Helping Mothers and Daughters Talk about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk and Risk-Reducing Lifestyle Behaviors |
title | Helping Mothers and Daughters Talk about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk and Risk-Reducing Lifestyle Behaviors |
title_full | Helping Mothers and Daughters Talk about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk and Risk-Reducing Lifestyle Behaviors |
title_fullStr | Helping Mothers and Daughters Talk about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk and Risk-Reducing Lifestyle Behaviors |
title_full_unstemmed | Helping Mothers and Daughters Talk about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk and Risk-Reducing Lifestyle Behaviors |
title_short | Helping Mothers and Daughters Talk about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk and Risk-Reducing Lifestyle Behaviors |
title_sort | helping mothers and daughters talk about environmental breast cancer risk and risk-reducing lifestyle behaviors |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7370108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32630657 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134757 |
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