Screening mammography and constructs from the tran

Authors: Rakowski William Ehrich Beverly Dubé Catherine E Pearlman Deborah N Goldstein Michael G Peterson Kristen K Rimer Barbara K Woolverton Hugh

Publish Date: 1996/06/01

Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 91-100

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William Rakowski Beverly Ehrich Catherine E Dubé Deborah N Pearlman Michael G Goldstein Kristen K Peterson Barbara K Rimer Hugh Woolverton Screening mammography and constructs from the transtheoretical model Associations using two definitions of the stagesofadoption Annals of Behavioral Medicine Volume 18 Issue 2 June 1996 Pages 91–100 https//doiorg/101007/BF02909581The two purposes of this investigation were a to examine whether an association existed between stages of adopting regular mammography and decisionmaking constructs from the Transtheoretical Model TTM of behavior change and b to determine whether any such associations would be found for each of the two ways of defining the stagesofadoption One method integrated past screening history with a report of future intention for screening the other method used a single item with predetermined response categories Data were from the baseline survey of 1323 women aged 50–74 who were recruited as part of an intervention study through a local Health Maintenance Organization Results showed that both ways of defining stages of adopting regular mammography were associated with decisional balance and processesofchange The method that integrated past history plus intention provided somewhat better discrimination among stages Women who were labeled as being at “Risk of Relapse” and those who said they waited for a “Providers Recommendation” may be useful groups to add to the set of stages that have been employed so far by the TTM In addition a tendency to avoid the health care system in general was used as a processofchange to complement the mammographyspecific processes

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