Educational Module and Decision Counseling Program in Increasing Mammography Screening Rates in Formerly Homeless Women With Serious Mental Illness

Mammogram Decision Support for Formerly Homeless Women With Serious Mental Illness

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.

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.

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