First in Your Family: The Positive Effects of Sharing Your BRCA Genetic Test Results With Family Members

Video Summary:
When these women learned they carried a harmful change in their BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes that was passed down in their families, they knew that this information could affect the health of some family members. The conversations they started about their hereditary cancer risk positively affected the choices some of their family members made for their own health – and led to one family member’s early breast cancer diagnosis.
Visit www.cdc.gov/bringyourbrave to learn more about breast cancer in young women.

Audio Descriptive Text: 
Tracy, Allison, Bethany, Danielle, and Silvia are individually interviewed throughout the video. 
A clip of Bethany sitting on a couch is shown. The Department of Health and Human Services-USA and CDC logo and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors logo appear at the bottom of the screen.
The logos fade, and Bethany’s name appears in the bottom left corner.
A slide reads, “How has sharing your BRCA genetic test results affected the health of your family?”
A clip of Bethany is shown.
A clip of Allison sitting in a chair is shown. Her name appears in the bottom right corner. 
A clip of Danielle sitting in a chair is shown. Her name appears in the bottom left corner.
A clip of Silvia sitting in a chair is shown. Her name appears in the bottom right corner.
A clip of Tracy sitting on a couch is shown. Her name appears in the bottom left corner.
The last screen shows the Bring your Brave, Department of Health and Human Services-USA and CDC, and National Association of Chronic Disease Directors logos. It reads, “Learn more at cdc.gov/bringyourbrave.”