Beliefs and willingness towards participating in genetic testing for depression in low-income and racial/ethnic minority mothers at-risk.

PURPOSE: To identify mothers' salient normative, behavioral and control beliefs and willingness towards participating in genetic salivary testing for depression. DESIGN: A qualitative, descriptive design was employed. 41 multi-ethnic mothers completed surveys that underwent directed content analysis according to The Theory of Planned Behavior. Percentages and frequency counts were used to categorize responses and calculate willingness. FINDINGS: Salient beliefs included: Behavioral: Finding a cure/treatment for depression (29.3 %), Normative: Family would approve (46.3 %), and Church associates would disapprove (19.5 %). CONTROL: Lacking information/explanations (34.1 %) as barriers, convenient locations (24.4 %) as facilitators. Most mothers indicated a willingness to participate (90.2 %). CONCLUSIONS: Interventions should target families, emphasize benefits, explain purposes and procedures, and use community based participatory methods.

Addressing Ageism and Ethnocultural Diversity With a Photo Essay Project.

BACKGROUND: By 2050, the percentage of older adults in the United States will double. By 2060, nonmajority individuals will comprise nearly half of our older adult population. Therefore, nursing students must have learning experiences that prepare them to care for a diverse population of older adults when they enter practice. METHOD: Photo-elicitation and a photo essay project was initiated in an Aging and Health in Global Communities course in which 75 students created and presented photo essays of a diverse group of older adults. RESULTS: Through spending time with older adults to create a photo essay, students ably portrayed lives rich in meaning and ethnocultural heritage. CONCLUSION: The natural intersection of aging and diversity that occurred in the photo essays enlightened students to the rich experience of age and the similarities and unique differences in the lives of the older people portrayed. [J Nurs Educ. 2021;60(1):44-47.].