Women's readiness to follow milk product consumption recommendations: design and evaluation of a 'stage of change' algorithm.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate readiness to follow milk product consumption recommendations in two random samples of New Zealand women, using an algorithm designed and evaluated to assess the stage of change construct of the Transtheoretical Model. PROTOCOL: Women were classified according to stage of re...

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Publicado en:Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 277 - 287
Autores principales: Gulliver P, Horwath C
Formato: algorithm research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2001
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        affil: Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
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          Milk
          Diet
          Nutritional Requirements
          Attitude to Health Evaluation
          Motivation Evaluation
          Female
          New Zealand
          Change Theory
          Motivation Classification
          Calcium, Dietary
          Nutritional Assessment
          Questionnaires
          Random Sample
          Descriptive Statistics
          Food Intake Evaluation
          Reliability and Validity
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Aged
          Health Status Evaluation
          Body Weights and Measures
          Dietary Reference Intakes
          Interviews
          Data Analysis Software
          Kruskal-Wallis Test
          Chi Square Test
          Age Factors
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          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Female
      ab: OBJECTIVE: To investigate readiness to follow milk product consumption recommendations in two random samples of New Zealand women, using an algorithm designed and evaluated to assess the stage of change construct of the Transtheoretical Model. PROTOCOL: Women were classified according to stage of readiness to perform two goal behaviours: consumption of two or four servings of milk products per day. Stage classification, as determined by the algorithm, was evaluated by estimating mean calcium intake in each stage using a validated food frequency questionnaire. This was undertaken in two independent samples of women randomly selected from the electoral rolls of two cities in New Zealand's South Island. RESULTS: Over 60% of women were classified as maintaining an intake of two servings of milk products per day. Of those women not meeting the goal of two servings per day, 73% had no intention of increasing their consumption. Over 80% of women were in the precontemplation stage for consuming four servings of milk products per day. Mean calcium intakes were significantly higher in women classified in action and maintenance stages than in preaction stages of change for both goal behaviours. CONCLUSION: Of those women not currently meeting the recommendation for two servings of milk products per day, most are in precontemplation, a stage characterized by resistance to change. Use of the staging algorithm developed in this study makes possible the classification of women according to their readiness to change, and thus the provision of appropriate stage-tailored advice.
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