Not just a Barbie in hijab: participant perspectives on culturally tailoring a virtual health assistant for Bangladeshi immigrants in the US promoting colorectal cancer screening
Participants were open to using a VHA to learn about CRC, either instead of or along with talking to a clinician about it. However, recommendations to improve animated features of the VHA included more detailed and Bangladeshi population-specific information and provided choices to select preferred languages and appearance of the VHA. Future studies should empirically test the required levels of tailoring to effectively increase CRC screening among Bangladeshi immigrants.
Authors
- Benjamin Lok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1190-3729)
- Carma L. Bylund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9335-1496)
- Jordan M. Alpert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7066-4748)
- Kazi Priyanka Silmi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5386-8004)
- Carla L. Fisher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3903-4278)
- Janice L. Krieger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9950-9170)
- Aantaki Raisa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4626-2447)
Institutions
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- mHealth
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-24-31
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00