Association of Acculturation, Nativity, and Years Living in the United States with Biobanking among Individuals of Mexican Descent

López, David S.; Fernández, María E.; Cano, Miguel Ángel; Méndez, Claudia; Tsai, Chu‐Lin; Wetter, David W.; Strom, Sara S.

doi:10.1158/1055-9965.epi-13-0747

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“…As observed in studies with other Hispanic sub-groups, Mexican-Americans in our study expressed an interest in donating biospecimens to a biobank [8,20] and were willing to do so to help advance scientific research or for other altruistic reasons, such as potentially benefiting family in the future [10,12-16,21]. Studies with other racial/ethnic minority groups, such as African Americans, Vietnamese and Chinese individuals [10,13,14,21] as well as Non-Hispanic Whites [22] also found that the desire to help future generations and to contribute to science was a motivator for participating in biobanking.…”

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Community Perceptions of Biobanking Participation: A Qualitative Study among Mexican-Americans in Three Texas Cities

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Public Health Genomics

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Background: Most biospecimens in the US are collected from non-Hispanic Whites, limiting the generalizability of findings. There is a need to increase participation in biobanking among ethnic and racial minorities. The purpose of this study was to use qualitative methods to identify factors that may influence Mexican-American individuals' willingness to participate in biobanking. Methods: We conducted 15 focus groups in three Texas cities with Mexican-American individuals, in both Spanish and English. Results: Lack of knowledge about medical research and biobanks, lack of information about the specifics of biobanking participation, lack of communication of the results, fear of pain or harm, and distrust of the healthcare system or health research were identified as barriers to biobanking participation. Facilitators to participation were altruism, safety, understanding biobanking procedures and purposes, perceived benefits to participation, and culturally appropriate recruitment strategies. Although Mexican-Americans living in Texas are willing to donate biospecimens for altruistic reasons, such as helping society or advancing science, they want more information about what biobanking entails. They want to be assured that participation will not cause them harm and that the research is conducted with good intentions. Conclusion: Results from this study can inform educational materials or interventions to increase Hispanic participation in biobanking.

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Community Perceptions of Biobanking Participation: A Qualitative Study among Mexican-Americans in Three Texas Cities

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Krasny

Strong³

et al. 2016

Public Health Genomics

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“…Recently, findings from a survey of repository facilities, in the Midwest and Northwest USA, indicated that only 1.3 % of collected biospecimens were from Hispanic participants, compared to 89 % of biospecimens from White participants, and that about half of the surveyed facilities had made efforts to collect biospecimens in their communities (Simon et al 2014). There is an expanding body of literature that documents the significant efforts to engage ethnically and racially diverse communities in biospecimen research across the US (Braun et al 2014;Cohn et al 2014;Dang et al 2014;Dash et al 2014;Erwin et al 2013;Lopez et al 2014;Luque et al 2012;Rodriguez et al 2013). To date, only a few studies have explored biobanking awareness, perceptions, beliefs (Hohl et al 2014;Luque et al 2012;Rodriguez et al 2013), willingness to donate biospecimens (Hohl et al 2014;Lopez et al 2014), and attitudes toward biobanking (Hohl et al 2014) among Hispanic populations in the US.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There is an expanding body of literature that documents the significant efforts to engage ethnically and racially diverse communities in biospecimen research across the US (Braun et al 2014;Cohn et al 2014;Dang et al 2014;Dash et al 2014;Erwin et al 2013;Lopez et al 2014;Luque et al 2012;Rodriguez et al 2013). To date, only a few studies have explored biobanking awareness, perceptions, beliefs (Hohl et al 2014;Luque et al 2012;Rodriguez et al 2013), willingness to donate biospecimens (Hohl et al 2014;Lopez et al 2014), and attitudes toward biobanking (Hohl et al 2014) among Hispanic populations in the US. Two of these qualitative studies found low awareness of biobanking initiatives and uncertainty about the process (Luque et al 2012;Rodriguez et al 2013).…”

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“…Two of these qualitative studies found low awareness of biobanking initiatives and uncertainty about the process (Luque et al 2012;Rodriguez et al 2013). Quantitative studies which have been conducted with Hispanic participants have explored the influence of acculturation on willingness and donation of biospecimens for research (Lopez et al 2014), misconceptions about receiving personal health information as part of participation (Knerr and Ceballos 2015), and factors associated with prior knowledge of biospecimen research (Loffredo et al 2013). However, published research is hampered by a lack of valid and reliable quantitative surveys in Spanish that evaluate constructs which can predict biospecimen donation or evaluate interventions aimed at improving understanding of biospecimen research.…”

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Development and validation of the biobanking attitudes and knowledge survey-Spanish (BANKS-SP)

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Few research studies with non-English-speaking audiences have been conducted to explore community members' views on biospecimen donation and banking, and no validated Spanish-language multi-scale instruments exist to measure community perspectives on biobanking. This study describes the development and psychometric properties of the Biobanking Attitudes aNd Knowledge Survey-Spanish (BANKS-SP). The BANKS was translated into Spanish using the Brislin method of translation. Draft BANKS-SP items were refined through cognitive interviews, and psychometric properties were assessed in a sample of 85 Spanish-speaking individuals recruited at various community events in a three county area in central west Florida, USA. The final BANKS-SP includes three scales: attitudes, knowledge, and selfefficacy; as well as three single items, which evaluated receptivity and intention to donate a biospecimen for research. The final Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the two scales that use a Likert response format indicated adequate internal consistency (attitudes, α = .79; self-efficacy, α = .91). Intention to donate blood and intention to donate urine were positively correlated with attitudes, self-efficacy, and receptivity to learning more about biobanking (all p's < .001). BANKS-SPKnowledge was not statistically significantly correlated with other BANKS-SP scales or single items measuring intention to donate a biospecimen for research and receptivity for learning more about biospecimen research. The BANKS-SP attitudes and self-efficacy scales show evidence of satisfactory reliability and validity. Additional research should be conducted with larger samples to assess the BANKS-SP instrument's reliability and validity. A valid and reliable Spanish-language instrument measuring Spanish-speaking community members' views about biobanking may help researchers evaluate relevant communication interventions to enhance understanding, intention, and actual biospecimen donation among this population.

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“…9,10,15 Studies examining the effect of acculturation, including the number of years lived in the United States, place of birth, and English-speaking proficiency, and healthcare access and barriers on willingness to donate blood for research in other minority groups, have had conflicting results. [15][16][17] While prior studies have examined participants' motivation to contribute to biospecimen research, [8][9][10] there has not been a thorough examination of this motivation with respect to individuals of Korean descent. The purpose of this study is to examine attitudes toward biospecimen research as a mediator of the relationship between demographic and healthcare access factors and willingness to donate blood for the purpose of research among individuals of Korean heritage.…”

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Factors that Affect Willingness to Donate Blood for the Purpose of Biospecimen Research in the Korean American Community

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Davey²,

Grace³

2015

Biopreservation and Biobanking

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Objective: Biorepositories have been key resources in examining genetically-linked diseases, particularly cancer. Asian Americans contribute to biorepositories at lower rates than other racial groups, but the reasons for this are unclear. We hypothesized that attitudes toward biospecimen research mediate the relationship between demographic and healthcare access factors, and willingness to donate blood for research purposes among individuals of Korean heritage. Methods: Descriptive statistics and bivariate analyses were utilized to characterize the sample with respect to demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral variables. Structural equation modeling with 5000 re-sample bootstrapping was used to assess each component of the proposed simple mediation models. Results: Attitudes towards biospecimen research fully mediate associations between age, income, number of years lived in the United States, and having a regular physician and willingness to donate blood for the purpose of research. Conclusion: Participants were willing to donate blood for the purpose of research despite having neutral feelings towards biospecimen research as a whole. Participants reported higher willingness to donate blood for research purposes when they were older, had lived in the United States longer, had higher income, and had a regular doctor that they visited. Many of the significant relationships between demographic and health care access factors, attitudes towards biospecimen research, and willingness to donate blood for the purpose of research may be explained by the extent of acculturation of the participants in the United States.

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Association of Acculturation, Nativity, and Years Living in the United States with Biobanking among Individuals of Mexican Descent

Cited by 15 publications

References 22 publications

Community Perceptions of Biobanking Participation: A Qualitative Study among Mexican-Americans in Three Texas Cities

Community Perceptions of Biobanking Participation: A Qualitative Study among Mexican-Americans in Three Texas Cities

Development and validation of the biobanking attitudes and knowledge survey-Spanish (BANKS-SP)

Factors that Affect Willingness to Donate Blood for the Purpose of Biospecimen Research in the Korean American Community

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