The proposed research combines the scientific advances in breast cancer research with health information technology (IT) to design a personalized intervention that assesses breast cancer risk for women, disseminates important breast health information, and facilitates discussion of breast cancer risk reduction practices. Our goal is to implement a tablet-PC (personal computer) based breast cancer risk education (BreastCare) intervention in the primary care setting that estimates a woman's individual risk for breast cancer and provides her and her physician with personalized breast cancer risk information and recommendations for action.
Women who visit the General Internal Medicine (GIM) practices at SFGH and UCSF during the study period Between the ages of 40 and 74 Self-identify as Asian American, Spanish- and English-speaking Latinas, African American, or White Have no history of breast cancer are eligible to participate. Physician component: Primary care physicians currently practicing at the GIM clinics at SFGH and UCSF
Exclusion Criteria:
Patient component: Women whose physicians object to their participation in the study Physician component: No exclusion criteria for physicians
