Trial reportJournal of women's health (2002)2014
The KinFact intervention - a randomized controlled trial to increase family communication about cancer history.
Trial report in Journal of women's health (2002), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of theory-informed strategies used in interventions fostering family genetic risk communication.Patient education and counseling · 2022Pooled it
- Family Communication, Risk Perception and Cancer Knowledge of Young Adults from BRCA1/2 Families: a Systematic Review.Journal of genetic counseling · 2017Pooled it
- Effectiveness of theCirculation · 2023Trial
- Communication Among Melanoma Family Members.Journal of health communication · 2017Trial
- Family Ties: The Role of Family Context in Family Health History Communication About Cancer.Journal of health communication · 2016Trial
- Impact of family history assessment on communication with family members and health care providers: A report from the Family Healthware™ Impact Trial (FHITr).Preventive medicine · 2015Trial
- Exploring the use of family health histories in the African American community to reduce health disparities: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2026Article
- Enhancing Communication Among Patients with Cancer, Caregivers, and Extended Family: Development of a Communication Module.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Study protocol: Exploring the use of Family Health Histories in the African American community to reduce health disparities in Flint, Michigan.Research square · 2024Article
- Applying the framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions to increase family communication about hereditary cancer.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- Interventions to support patients with sharing genetic test results with at-risk relatives: a synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM).European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2023Review
- Development and early-stage evaluation of a patient portal to enhance familial communication about hereditary cancer susceptibility testing: A patient-driven approach.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Article
- Development and initial testing of a multi-stakeholder intervention for Lynch syndrome cascade screening: an intervention mapping approach.BMC health services research · 2022Article
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- What improves the likelihood of people receiving genetic test results communicating to their families about genetic risk?Patient education and counseling · 2021Article
- Sharing genetic test results with family members of BRCA, PALB2, CHEK2, and ATM carriers.Patient education and counseling · 2021Article
- Review
- The big reveal: Family disclosure patterns of BRCA genetic test results among young Black women with invasive breast cancer.Journal of genetic counseling · 2020Article
- Community-Based Participatory Research: a Family Health History-Based Colorectal Cancer Prevention Program Among Chinese Americans.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2020Article
- Personalized Medicine Implementation with Non-traditional Data Sources: A Conceptual Framework and Survey of the Literature.Yearbook of medical informatics · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundKnowing family history is important for understanding cancer risk, yet communication within families is suboptimal. Providing strategies to enhance communication may be useful.
methodsFour hundred ninety women were recruited from urban, safety-net, hospital-based primary care women's health clinics. Participants were randomized to receive the KinFact intervention or the control handout on lowering risks for breast/colon cancer and screening recommendations. Cancer family history was reviewed with all participants. The 20-minute KinFact intervention, based in communication and behavior theory, included reviewing individualized breast/colon cancer risks and an interactive presentation about cancer and communication. Study outcomes included whether participants reported collecting family history, shared cancer risk information with relatives, and the frequency of communication with relatives. Data were collected at baseline, 1, 6, and 14 months.
resultsOverall, intervention participants were significantly more likely to gather family cancer information at follow-up (odds ratio [OR]: 2.73; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.01, 3.71) and to share familial cancer information with relatives (OR: 1.85; 95% CI: 1.37, 2.48). Communication frequency (1=not at all; 4=a lot) was significantly increased at follow-up (1.67 vs. 1.54). Differences were not modified by age, race, education, or family history. However, effects were modified by pregnancy status and genetic literacy. Intervention effects for information gathering and frequency were observed for nonpregnant women but not for pregnant women. Additionally, intervention effects were observed for information gathering in women with high genetic literacy, but not in women with low genetic literacy.
conclusionsThe KinFact intervention successfully promoted family communication about cancer risk. Educating women to enhance their communication skills surrounding family history may allow them to partner more effectively with their families and ultimately their providers in discussing risks and prevention.
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