Abstract
We sought community health center (CHC) patients’ feedback regarding an outreach intervention promoting primary prevention of cardiovascular disease to patients at increased risk. We performed a telephone survey that assessed whether patients recalled receiving the intervention, what actions occurred in response to the intervention, and patient attitudes regarding receipt of preventive service messages from their CHC. Participants (n = 80) were 89% male, and 59% were black. Among the 88% of respondents who reported a healthcare visit, 84% reported a discussion about cholesterol or heart disease risk with their provider, of these 44% reported a statin was recommended and 89% reported currently taking it. Participants reported high acceptability of receiving preventive service messages, but were less likely to agree that they wanted to receive preventive service messages via text or email compared to other modes of contact. Our results show that outreach programs to promote indicated preventive services were viewed positively by this patient group. We also identified areas where the CVD prevention program may have lost effectiveness.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 71 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Preventive Medicine Reports |
| Volume | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1 2017 |
Funding
This work was supported by grant P01HS021141 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality . Dr. Persell receives unrelated grant support from Pfizer, Inc. Dr. Persell receives grant support from Pfizer, Inc. All other authors report no conflicts of interest. The study sponsor had no role in the study design; collection, analysis or interpretation of data; writing the report; or the decision to submit this report for publication.
Keywords
- Cardiovascular disease
- Patient outreach
- Primary prevention
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Health Informatics
