title: Evaluation of an intervention designed to recruit Canadian women to mammography screening.
abstract: Mammography screenings have the potential to reduce mortality; unfortunately, participation rates remain below federally established targets. To increase screening, the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) implemented a mammography recruitment intervention that involved a locally designed postcard. The first phase of this descriptive study involved the distribution of a questionnaire to determine how attendees became aware of the OBSP. Semistructured telephone interviews were conducted in the study's second phase to describe breast screening attendees' perceptions of the postcard campaign. Although the participants positively appraised the postcard initiative, it played a minor role in comparison to typical OBSP recruitment methods.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: Phyllis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bakker
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Conlon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008327:Mammography / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario; D017010:Reminder Systems / Q000592:standards*