The effectiveness of an enhanced invitation letter on uptake of National Health Service Health Checks in primary care: A pragmatic quasi-randomised controlled trial

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sallis, Anna ^a   Bunten, Amanda ^a   Bonus, Annabelle ^b   James, Andrew ^b   Chadborn, Tim ^a   Berry, Daniel ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change techniques; Behavioural insights; Cardiovascular disease; General practice; Implementation intentions; NHS Health Check; Primary prevention; Prompts; Simplification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84962840889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-016-0426-y     Document Type: Article

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