Introduction

Project H.O.M.E. was a 5-year study, conducted by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT-Houston), and funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The aim of this study was to improve women veterans’ adherence to mammography guidelines.

Preliminary results show that the intervention, mailed to women veterans around the country, was successful, and particularly effective in motivating women veterans who use the VA to adhere to mammography guidelines.

In 2003 we were awarded a one-year supplement from NCI to disseminate Project H.O.M.E. in the VA health care system, in collaboration with Women Veteran Program Managers (WVPMs). This pilot project will help us understand the unique characteristics of the VA setting that may facilitate or impede dissemination of Project H.O.M.E.

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