ENDOWis
a multicenter, collaborative project funded by the Health Promotion Disease
Prevention Research Centers Program, National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, and the Office of Women's Health, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Women's Health Initiative Community
Prevention Studies Program, National Institutes of Health.
The project has the following aims:
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to examine the factors that influence
women's choices and how women approach decisions regarding hysterectomy,
oophorectomy and postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT), with
special emphasis on exploring the potential roles of cultural identity
and ethnicity.
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to develop materials and dissemination
strategies to enhance women's decision-making regarding hysterectomy, oophorectomy
and HRT.
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to evaluate developed interventions
in communities.
Methodology:
The project is a 5-year multicenter
study to be conducted in three phases:
Phase I - to examine
with qualitative and quantitative data the factors that influence women’s
choices and how women approach decisions regarding hysterectomy, oophorectomy
and postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT), with special emphasis
on exploring the potential roles of cultural identity and ethnicity.
Phase II - to use the information
from Phase I in development of interventions to enhance women’s decision-making
regarding hysterectomy, oophorectomy and HRT, and to develop dissemination
strategies for these materials.
Phase III - to evaluate intervention
materials and dissemination strategies.
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