The University of Washington School of Nursing has an exciting new research program for single women with diagnosed, early-stage breast cancer. The Single Woman's Breast Cancer Program, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, evaluates the helpfulness of an education and support program designed to help women manage stress and illness demands related to breast cancer. The program was based on needs and concerns shared by over 300 families also experiencing a recent diagnosis of breast cancer.
All participants receive four in-home visits with a nurse.
During each of these visits each woman has an opportunity to share her experiences with breast cancer and talk about how things are going since the diagnosis. The study takes place over five and a half months. There is no cost to participating women. Frances Marcus Lewis and Nancy Fugate Woods are the Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator, respectively. Women who consider themselves to be single, are 65 years old or younger AND have one or more children of any age.