Randomised controlled trial comparing uptake of NHS Health Check in response to standard letters, risk-personalised letters and telephone invitations

• Main Authors: Christopher J. Gidlow (Author), Naomi J. Ellis (Author), Victoria Riley (Author), Tim Chadborn (Author), Amanda Bunten (Author), Zafar Iqbal (Author), Aliko Ahmed (Author), Alistair Fisher (Author), David Sugden (Author), David Clark-Carter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background NHS Health Check is a primary prevention programme offering cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment to adults in England aged 40-74. Uptake remains a challenge and invitation method is a strong predictor of uptake. There is evidence of low uptake when using invitation letter...