WomenCARE - Peer Navigator Program

Peer Navigator Program

For Breast Cancer patients and survivors

WomenCARE and Stanford University teamed-up to provide a three year clinical trial that matched breast cancer survivors with women who were newly diagnosed. The Peer Navigator Program provided counseling and support to women who had just learned they have breast cancer. Trained and supervised breast cancer survivors helped newly diagnosed women navigate the first three months of treatment.

We are now working toward data dissemination from both the academic researcher and community service provider perspectives. Please stay tuned for further updates regarding progress on data analysis.

ALL WOMEN INTERESTED IN ONE-ON-ONE PEER SUPPORT, for any type of cancer, please click here for information about our Sisters Offering Support Program (SOS). We also have one-on-one support available for Spanish speaking women through our Entre Nosotras Program. Please click here for more information.

Peer Navigator Project Staff
Caroline Bliss-Isberg, Ph.D.
Debra Houston, MA, MFCC
Lynne Wittenberg, MPH
Stanford University Research Partners
David Spiegel, M.D.
Janine Giese-Davis, Ph.D.
California Breast Cancer Research Program
Mhel Kavanaugh-Lynch, M.D., MPH
Marj Plumb, MNA
Walter Price, DrPH

This page was last updated 5/21/07.

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