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Focus 4 - Web

PI: Laurel Northouse, RN, PhD, FAAN
affiliation: University of Michigan School of Nursing
topic:

cancer, cancer suvivor, psychosocial needs, patients, family, caregiver, tailored, Internet, web

medium: Internet, web
audience: cancer survivors and their family members
grant: Tailored Web-based Intervention for Cancer Patients and Family Caregivers
sponsor: National Cancer Institute
dates: 2009-05-01 - 2011-04-30

This project will develop an individually tailored, interactive, web-based intervention for cancer patients (lung, colorectal, breast, prostate) and their family caregivers that will lead to better patient-caregiver communication, more dyadic support, higher self-efficacy, increased perceived benefits of the illness experience, and less emotional distress. This intervention is based on an efficacious, family-based program of care (the FOCUS Program). In this study, we will translate this primarily face-to-face, family-based program to an internet-based version.