What do we know about who does and does not attend general health checks? Findings from a narrative scoping review (original) (raw)
Dryden, R., Williams, B., McCowan, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9466-833X and Themessl-Huber, M.(2012) What do we know about who does and does not attend general health checks? Findings from a narrative scoping review.BMC Public Health, 12, p. 723. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-723)
Abstract
Routine health check-ups appear to be taken up inequitably, with gender, age, socio-demographic status and ethnicity all associated with differential service use. Furthermore, non-attenders appeared to have greater clinical need or risk factors suggesting that differential uptake may lead to sub-optimal health gain and contribute to inequalities via the inverse care law. Appropriate service redesign and interventions to encourage increased uptake among these groups is required.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Mccowan, Professor Colin |
| Authors: | Dryden, R., Williams, B., McCowan, C., and Themessl-Huber, M. |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Robertson Centre |
| Journal Name: | BMC Public Health |
| Publisher: | BioMed Central |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| Published Online: | 31 August 2012 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2012 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in BMC Public Health 12:723 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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Deposit and Record Details
| ID Code: | 74267 |
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| Depositing User: | Professor Colin Mccowan |
| Datestamp: | 21 Jan 2013 09:42 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2025 22:05 |
| Date of first online publication: | 31 August 2012 |
| Date Deposited: | 14 December 2015 |