ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2016
Exploring equity in uptake of the NHS Health Check and a nested physical activity intervention trial.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Influences on NHS Health Check behaviours: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic review of factors influencing NHS health check uptake: invitation methods, patient characteristics, and the impact of interventions.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators to participation in a health check for cardiometabolic diseases in primary care: A systematic review.European journal of preventive cardiology · 2018Pooled it
- Delivery and impact of the NHS Health Check in the first 8 years: a systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2018Pooled it
- Applying behavioural science to increase uptake of the NHS Health Check: a randomised controlled trial of gain- and loss-framed messaging in the national patient information leaflet.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- Randomised controlled trial comparing uptake of NHS Health Check in response to standard letters, risk-personalised letters and telephone invitations.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- Enhanced Invitations Using the Question-Behavior Effect and Financial Incentives to Promote Health Check Uptake in Primary Care.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2018Trial
- Interpreting population reach of a large, successful physical activity trial delivered through primary care.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Individual and community-level factors affecting diabetes screening uptake among adults in 14 low- and middle-income countries: a multilevel mixed-effects analysis of recent demographic and health surveys.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Age equality in UK healthcare policy and decision-making: a scoping review.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- NHS Health Check programme: a rapid review update.BMJ open · 2022Review
- Test@work: evaluation of workplace HIV testing for construction workers using the RE-AIM framework.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Unwillingness to participate in health checks for cardiometabolic diseases: A survey among primary health care patients in five European countries.Health science reports · 2021Article
- Modelling tool to support decision-making in the NHS Health Check programme: workshops, systematic review and co-production with users.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Article
- Incorporating a brief intervention for personalised cancer risk assessment to promote behaviour change into primary care: a multi-methods pilot study.BMC public health · 2021Article
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- Shared decision-making (SHARE-D) for healthy behaviour change: a feasibility study in general practice.BJGP open · 2018Article
- Evaluation of community provision of a preventive cardiovascular programme - the National Health Service Health Check in reaching the under-served groups by primary care in England: cross sectional observational study.BMC health services research · 2017Observational
- Associations between neighbourhood environmental factors and the uptake and effectiveness of a brief intervention to increase physical activity: findings from deprived urban communities in an English city.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2017Article
- Determinants of self-rated health in an Irish deprived suburban population - a cross sectional face-to-face household survey.BMC public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundSocio-demographic factors characterizing disadvantage may influence uptake of preventative health interventions such as the NHS Health Check and research trials informing their content.
methodsA cross-sectional study examining socio-demographic characteristics of participants and non-participants to the NHS Health Check and a nested trial of very brief physical activity interventions within this context. Age, gender, Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) and ethnicity were extracted from patient records of four General Practices (GP) in England.
resultsIn multivariate analyses controlling for GP surgery, the odds of participation in the Health Check were higher for older patients (OR 1.05, 95% CI 1.04-1.07) and lower from areas of greater deprivation (IMD Quintiles 4 versus 1, OR 0.37, 95% CI 0.18-0.76, 5 versus 1 OR 0.42, 95% CI 0.20-0.88). Older patients were more likely to participate in the physical activity trial (OR 1.04, 95% CI 1.02-1.06).
conclusionsYounger patients and those living in areas of greater deprivation may be at risk of non-participation in the NHS Health Check, while younger age also predicted non-participation in a nested research trial. The role that GP-surgery-specific factors play in influencing participation across different socio-demographic groups requires further exploration.
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