Breast Cancer Internet Information and
Support (BCIIS) Study
About the Study
Name of the
Study
Breast Cancer Internet Information and Support
(BCIIS)
The Purpose of the
Study
The purpose of the study is
to determine the characteristics of women with breast cancer who use the
Internet, in order to develop an Internet information and support web
site that will meet patients' needs and preferences.
Principal
Investigator
The Principal Investigator is
Sheryl LaCoursiere, PhD, RN, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Excellence in
Chronic Illness Care, Yale School of Nursing, New Haven,
CT
Co-Investigators
Ruth McCorkle, PhD, Director, Center for
Excellence in Chronic Illness Care, Yale University School of Nursing,
New Haven, CT
M. Tish Knobf, PhD, RN, American Cancer
Society Professor of Nursing, and Director of Oncology Nurse
Practitioner Program, Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, CT
Lesley Degner, PhD, RN, Professor,
University of Manitoba School of Nursing, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada
Danuta (Donna) Clemmens, PhD, RN,
Assistant Professor, New York University, New York, NY
Regina Cunningham, PhD, RN,
Chief Nursing Officer, Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Assistant
Professor, Family Medicine – Research Division, UMDNJ/Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
Collaborators
Cynthia Brandt, MD, Assistant Professor,
Yale School of Medicine, Center for Medical Informatics, New Haven,
CT
Prakash Nadkarni, MD, Associate
Professor, Yale School of Medicine, Center for Medical Informatics, New
Haven, CT
Sandra Hurd, RN, MPH, Case Manager,
Connecticut Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
(BCCCEDP), Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
Stephanie Bilskis, RN, Nurse Manager,
Connecticut Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
(BCCCEDP), Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
Vanna Dest, APRN, Oncology Nurse
Practitioner, Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, CT
Theresa Sweeney, MS, APRN, Nurse
Practitioner, MidState Medical Center, Meriden, CT
Please direct any questions about the study
to Dr.
LaCoursiere.
To complete the
questionnaire, please proceed to the Consent
Form. When the Consent Form is completed, you
will be automatically directed to the survey.
If you are not eligible to complete the survey, but are
interested in news about the study, and/or would like to be emailed a link
of this site that may be forwarded to a woman with breast cancer, please
return to the
