Alan - there is a resource currently being developed for the province of
Ontario called Walk This Way.  It was initially developed by the Halton
and Hamlilton-Wentworth Health Departments.  It is designed specifically
for women in contemplation and preparation stages.  There is a Leader's
Guide that assists the leader in screening women as to their stage.
Contact Carla Hanna at Halton Health Dept - 905-825-6060.

In trying to develop a staged approach with respect to HH - we found it
challenging because a person's stage could be different with respect to
change for tobacco vs. physical activity vs. healthy eating. The
nomogram got too complex.

Nancy Dubois
Community Facilitator, Active LIving Community Action project
(a project of OPHEA)

Hotte, Alan wrote:
>
> Dear List Members:
>
> As part of the development and future evaluation phase of a telephone
> counselling service specifically aimed at increasing the awareness of women
> about their risk of heart disease and three relevant risk factors - I would
> first like to ask if anyone has tried this and secondly is anyone aware of
> the application of a theoretical model of behaviour change to the context of
> women and heart health? Anyone used Transtheoretical Model, Theory of
> Planned Behaviour, Protection Motivation Theory ............. Just trying to
> avoid re-inventing the wheel, particularly in regard to the development of
> measures.
> Thanks for any thought, suggestions or recommendation you might have, Alan.
>
> Alan Hotte, Program Planning & Evaluation Officer
> Ottawa-Carleton Health Department, Region of Ottawa-Carleton
> 495 Richmond Rd, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1A 4A4
> 613.724.4122 X 3736, (Fax) 613.724.4152 http://www.rmoc.on.ca
> Community Health Research Unit, University of Ottawa
> http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/med/epid/chru.html