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

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September 2006

Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary and Institute of Health Economics, 3330 Hospital Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1.

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.

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