Breast Cancer Clinical Trial
Educational Module and Decision Counseling Program in Increasing Mammography Screening Rates in Formerly Homeless Women With Serious Mental Illness
Summary
This pilot clinical trial studies how well an educational module and decision counseling program works in increasing mammography screening rates in formerly homeless women with serious mental illness. An educational module and decision counseling program may be an effective tool and have the potential to help with early detection and treatment.
Full Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Increase mammography screening rates in women age 40 and over with experiences of homelessness and serious mental illness (SMI).
II. Increase knowledge, decease psychological distress, and advance decision stage and intention to get a mammogram in study participants.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
30 formerly homeless women with a diagnosis of a serious mental illness in the Pathways to Housing or Project HOME supportive housing programs
Only women that have never received a mammogram are eligible to participate (self-report)
Participants must be willing to participate in all aspects of research
Exclusion Criteria:
Participants cannot be decisionally impaired, actively psychotic, or have unstable mental illness that prevents participation in the decisional counseling session
Women who have had a mammogram will be excluded from the study
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There is 1 Location for this study
Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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