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Promoting mammography use through progressive interventions: is it effective?

Author(s) -

Eunice S. King,

Barbara K. Rimer,

Janet Seay,

Andrew Balshem,

P Engstrom

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.1.104

Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , mammography , referral , telephone counseling , family medicine , physical therapy , nursing , breast cancer , cancer

This study evaluated interventions implemented with women in a health maintenance organization who had not utilized their annual free mammogram referral 45 days (step 2) and 95 days (step 3) after its mailing. The step 2 evaluation compared mammography utilization for women randomly assigned to receive a brief reminder letter or no reminder: 42% of the reminder group vs 28% of the control group obtained mammograms. The step 3 evaluation compared utilization for women randomly assigned to receive a second reminder, a letter suggesting a preventive office visit, or telephone counseling: 29% of those who received telephone counseling, 14% of those who received a letter, and 12% of those who received a second reminder obtained mammograms.

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