From: Decision making for breast cancer prevention among women at elevated risk
• Which prevention options and combinations women consider viable (prevention pathways) |
• Women's reasons for low uptake of biomedical prevention interventions |
• Explicit comparisons of prevention options and their effects |
• How prevention behavior varies among subgroups of women, who differ according to: |
 – Medically-defined or self-perceived level of risk |
 – Geographical and cultural context |
 – Race-ethnicity or socioeconomic status |
 – Access to medical information or care |
• Mechanisms that account for variation in prevention choices across subgroups |
• Effects of emotions and psychological factors on women’s prevention decision making |
• Effects of spouses, children, family, and friends on decision making |
• Effects of exposure to cancer patients, support groups, or advocacy organizations on decision making |
• Effects of exposure to genetic counseling and quality of communication with other healthcare providers on decision making |
• Effects of previously unstudied factors on decision making: stigma, self-worth, desire to take control of health, personal exposure to experience of cancer |
• Interactions among various drivers of prevention choice |
• How women at elevated risk explain their own decision-making processes and needs |
• Key methods to help women attain informed and empowered decision making |