BETTER HEALTH: Durham -- protocol for a cluster randomized trial of BETTER in community and public health settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Building on Existing Tools to Improve Chronic Disease Prevention and Screening (BETTER) cluster randomized trial in primary care settings demonstrated a 30% improvement in adherence to evidence-based Chronic Disease Prevention and Screening (CDPS) activities. CDPS activities included healthy activities, lifestyle modifications, and screening tests. We present a protocol for the adaptation of BETTER to a public health setting, and testing the adaptation in a cluster randomized trial (BETTER HEALTH: Durham) among low income neighbourhoods in Durham Region, Ontario (Canada).

Methods

The BETTER intervention consists of a personalized prevention visit between a participant and a prevention practitioner, which is focused on the participant's eligible CDPS activities

SUBMITTER: Paszat L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5622533 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature