First in Your Family: Preparing for a Family Conversation About Your Breast Cancer Risk

Video Summary:
After testing positive for harmful BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene changes that raise their risk of breast and ovarian cancer, these women had to prepare to tell family members whose health may also be affected by this information. Hear about the fears they had about these conversations and how they prepared to inform their families.
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 Allison sitting in a chair 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 Allison’s name appears in the bottom right corner.
A slide reads, “How did you prepare to tell your family about your BRCA test results?”
A clip of Bethany sitting on a couch 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 Bethany sitting on a couch is shown.
A clip of Silvia is shown.
A clip of Danielle sitting in a chair is shown. Her name appears in the bottom left corner.
A clip of Bethany sitting on a couch is shown.
A clip of Allison sitting in a chair is shown. 
A clip of Silvia sitting in a chair is shown.
A clip of Danielle sitting in a chair is shown.
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.”