title: Use of the transtheoretical model for behavioral change in women's health.
abstract: Application of stage-based counseling approaches using the transtheoretical model can help providers of primary care to women take full advantage of windows of opportunity for promoting women's health. The transtheoretical model enables the counselor or clinician to individualize the message provided to patients based on their stage. This matching of stage of change with the appropriate principles and processes of change will enable primary care providers to more effectively bring about behavioral change and improve the health status of our patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women & Infants' Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Peipert
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ruggiero
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D020377:Self Efficacy; D016387:Women's Health