Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among Canadian adults with diabetes, 2007 to 2009.

Background: Prior national surveys suggested that treatment and control of hypertension were poor in individuals with diabetes. Using measured blood pressures, we estimated prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension between 2007 and 2009 among Canadians with diabetes and sought to determine whether a treatment gap still exists for individuals with diabetes.

Methods: Using data from cycle 1 of the Canadian Health Measures Survey, estimates of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control were described and compared between individuals with and without self-reported diabetes.

Prevalence of, and barriers to, preventive lifestyle behaviors in hypertension (from a national survey of Canadians with hypertension).

Patients with hypertension are advised to lower their blood pressure to <140/90 mm Hg through sustained lifestyle modification and/or pharmacotherapy. To describe the use of lifestyle changes for blood pressure control and to identify the barriers to these behaviors, the data from 6,142 Canadians with hypertension who responded to the 2009 Survey on Living With Chronic Diseases in Canada were analyzed. Most Canadians with diagnosed hypertension reported limiting salt consumption (89%), having changed the types of food they eat (89%), engaging in physical activity (80%), trying to control or lose weight if overweight (77%), quitting smoking if currently smoking (78%), and reducing alcohol intake if currently drinking more than the recommended levels (57%) at least some of the time to control their blood pressure.

Home blood pressure monitoring among Canadian adults with hypertension: results from the 2009 Survey on Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada.

Background: Canadians with hypertension are recommended to use home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) on a regular basis.

Objectives: To characterize the use of HBPM among Canadian adults with hypertension.

Methods: Respondents to the 2009 Survey on Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada who reported diagnosis of hypertension by a health professional (n=6142) were asked about blood pressure monitoring practices, sociodemographic characteristics, management of hypertension and blood pressure control.

The distribution and predictive validity of the stages of change for mammography adoption among Canadian women.

Objective: To examine the predictive validity of the transtheoretical model (TTM) stages of change for mammography participation in Canadian women.

Method: We examined the association between baseline TTM stage of mammography adoption and subsequent mammography participation in a representative sample of 3,125 Canadian women aged 40 and older from the longitudinal Canadian National Population Health Survey.

Results: The likelihood of having a mammogram at follow-up (1998/1999) increased with progressive stages of change at baseline (1996/1997) even after adjusting for potential confounders.

Mammography utilization in Canadian women aged 50 to 69: identification of factors that predict initiation and adherence.

Objective: To identify factors that predict initiation of mammography and adherence with biennial screening among Canadian women aged 50-69 years.

Methods: Using data from a longitudinal panel of Canadian women interviewed in the National Population Health Survey (NPHS) in 1994/95 and 2 and 4 years later, we estimated the relative risks (RR) of mammography initiation and adherence according to socio-demographic, health and lifestyle characteristics.

Results: Among 505 women with no history of mammography use at baseline, 23.

The influence of breast self-examination on subsequent mammography participation.

Objectives: We evaluated whether breast self-examination (BSE) influences subsequent mammography participation.

Methods: We evaluated associations between BSE and subsequent mammography participation, adjusting for baseline screening behaviors and sociodemographic, health, and lifestyle characteristics, among women aged 40 years and older using data from the longitudinal Canadian National Population Health Survey.

Results: Regular performance of BSE at baseline was not associated with receipt of a recent mammogram at follow-up among all women (adjusted odds ratio [OR]=1.

Report of the 2003 pan-Canadian forum on cervical cancer prevention and control.

Objective: To develop evidence-based consensus recommendations on the delivery of cervical cancer screening, human papillomavirus (HPV) education, HPV testing, and the optimal tool for cervical cytology within the Canadian health system.

Participants: Leading up to a forum held in Ottawa on November 21 and 22, 2003, 254 registrants reviewed position papers through a Web-based discussion group. Experts in program management, clinical practice, epidemiology, public health, economics, and women's health, representing 48 organizations, then participated in the 2-day forum to develop consensus recommendations.

Inconsistent self-reported mammography history: findings from the National Population Health Survey longitudinal cohort.

Background: Self-reported information has commonly been used to monitor mammography utilization across populations and time periods. However, longitudinal investigations regarding the prevalence and determinants of inconsistent responses over time and the impact of such responses on population screening estimates are lacking.

Methods: Based on longitudinal panel data for a representative cohort of Canadian women aged 40+ years (n = 3,537) assessed in the 1994-95 (baseline) and 1996-97 (follow-up) National Population Health Survey (NPHS), we examined the prevalence of inconsistent self-reports of mammography utilization.