A CANADIAN EXPERIMENT WITH BREAST-CANCER INFORMATION EXCHANGE PILOT PROJECTS

Authors
BRADBURY J BRYANT H CASEBOLT T LATREILLE J PAWELEK J OLIVOTTO I
Citation
J. Bradbury et al., A CANADIAN EXPERIMENT WITH BREAST-CANCER INFORMATION EXCHANGE PILOT PROJECTS, Patient education and counseling, 28(2), 1996, pp. 169-174
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Patient education and counseling → ACNP
ISSN journal
07383991
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
169 - 174
Database
ISI
SICI code
0738-3991(1996)28:2<169:ACEWBI>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Responding to concerns articulated by Canadian women living with breas t cancer and their families, the federal government has provided $2.7 million over five years to establish five regional information exchang e pilot projects. Women experience considerable variation in access to information reflecting different resources, communication links and h ealth care delivery systems in each province or territory. The five in formation projects are taking different approaches to enhance coordina tion of existing resources and involve women living with breast cancer to improve access to credible, timely, breast cancer information.