An Ethnographic Account of the Benefits and Challenges of Providing NHS Health Checks at Community Outreach Events

Ruth Riley; Nicola Coghill; Alan Montgomery; Gene Feder; Jeremy  Horwood

An Ethnographic Account of the Benefits and Challenges of Providing NHS Health Checks at Community Outreach Events

Ruth Riley, Nicola Coghill, Alan Montgomery, Gene Feder, Jeremy Horwood

Department for Health

University of Bristol

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Abstract

NHS Health Checks are currently being offered to patients aged 40-74 years who are not on a relevant disease register. The main aim is to identify those at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), kidney disease or diabetes and tackle health inequalities.
People from most black, minority ethnic (BME) populations are at greater risk of diabetes and stroke compared to the majority population, yet uptake of health checks is lower in BME communities. Outreach or community based health checks aim to increase uptake within these communities.

Original language	English
Pages	1
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 9 Sept 2014
Event	Society for Academic Primary Care: Meeting Global Challenges - University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK United Kingdom Duration: 9 Jul 2014 → 11 Jul 2014

Conference

Conference	Society for Academic Primary Care: Meeting Global Challenges
Country/Territory	UK United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	9/07/14 → 11/07/14

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

NHS Health Checks
Ethnography
Community outreach
inequalities

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