Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 100-109 , March 2008

Predicting the Use of Individualized Risk Assessment for Breast Cancer

  • Suzanne Bartle-Haring, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Suzanne Bartle-Haring, PhD, is a professor of couple and family therapy in the department of Human Development and Family Science at The Ohio State University. She is a researcher interested in testing the propositions of Bowen Family Systems Theory as they related to health decision making.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Suzanne Bartle-Haring, PhD, The Ohio State University, Department of Hima Development and Family Science, 135 Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210.
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  • Paula Toviessi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Paula Toviessi, PhD, currently holds a post doctoral position through the department of Human Development and Family Science at The Ohio State University. She is working with two projects on runaway and homeless youth. Her specific research interests include health decision making models that involve a larger systems viewpoint.
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  • Heather Katafiasz, MS

      Affiliations

    • Heather Katafiasz, MS, is a PhD student in the couple and family therapy program in the department of Human Development and Family Science at The Ohio State University. She was the graduate assistant on this project.

Received 4 May 2007 ,Accepted 11 January 2008.

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 Fully supported by National Cancer Institute grant #1 R03 CA11094-01A1.

PII: S1049-3867(08)00003-0

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.01.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 100-109 , March 2008

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