Effectiveness of personal letters to healthcare professionals in changing professional behaviours: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Letters are regularly sent by healthcare organisations to healthcare professionals to encourage them to take action, change practice or implement guidance. However, whether letters are an effective tool in delivering a change in healthcare professional behaviour is currently uncertain. In addition, there are currently no evidence-based guidelines to support health providers and authorities with advice on how to formulate the communication, what information and behaviour change techniques to include in order to optimise the potential effect on the behaviour of the receivers. To address this research gap, we seek to inform such guidance through this systematic review, which aims to provide comprehensive evidence of the effectiveness of personal letters to healthcare profes

SUBMITTER: Grimani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8017654 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature