Using outreach to involve the hard-to-reach in a health check: What difference does it make?

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-95

  Sinclair, A ^a   Alexander, H A ^b  

^a NHS LANARKSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Red Deer Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appointment attendance; Community and public health; Engagement; Hard to reach; Outreach approaches; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OUTREACH APPROACH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SCOTLAND;

LANARKSHIRE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856563726     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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