What do we know about who does and does not attend general health checks? Findings from a narrative scoping review

Dryden, R., Williams, B., McCowan, C. 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
• 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