Exploring ethnic minority and underserved groups' experiences of the National Health Service Cardiovascular Disease Health Check uptake in North East England: applying a behavioural insights, qualitative approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The North East of England has the lowest healthy life expectancy and the highest health inequalities of any region in England. The conventional model, whereby we 'expect' individuals to be motivated to attend a 'healthcare setting' to undergo cardiovascular disease (CVD) health checks every 5 years has low levels of uptake, with populations most at risk frequently failing to engage.

Objectives

The objective of this study was to gather behavioural insights into the barriers/challenges that limit engagement with the current NHS CVD Health Checks.

Methods design, setting, participants and outcomes

Drawing on a Behavioural Insight approach, 7 qualitative focus groups with members of ethnic minorities and underserved groups (n=45 participants) were conducted to

SUBMITTER: Brady SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12458740 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature