Intervention to increase mammography utilization in a public hospital

INTERVENTION: All interventions were chosen to motivate women to get a mammogram. Group 1 received a personal recommendation from one of the investigators. Group 2 received the recommendation plus an easy-to-read National Cancer Institute (NCI) brochure. Group 3 received the recommendation, the brochure, and a 12-minute interactive educational and motivational program, including a soap-operastyle video, developed in collaboration with women from the target population.

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