Criss, Shaniece
Thai, Nhung
De La Cruz, Monica M.
Makres, Katrina
Kim, Melanie
Nguyen, Thu T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R00MD012615, R01MD015716)
Furman University
Article History
Received: 13 June 2024
Revised: 30 June 2025
Accepted: 3 July 2025
First Online: 21 July 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the University of California, San Francisco Institutional Review Board (18–24593), which was the institution of the senior author at the time of recruitment, data collection, and data analysis of the focus groups. We obtained a waiver for signed consent for this project and were approved to obtain verbal consent. Participants were emailed the consent form before the focus group, and then the moderator reviewed it again at the beginning of the focus group. The moderator asked if the participants had any questions about the consent format and answered questions. Then the moderator asked participants if they agreed to participate in the study and recorded their verbal consent.
: Through the consent process, participants agreed to participate.
: Through the consent process, participants agreed to publication with de-identified examples.
: The authors declare no competing interests.