Opportunistic approaches for delivering preventive care in illness visits

Electronic Tools to Assist with Identification and Counseling for Overweight Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial

“…However, for patients unlikely to present for annual visits (e.g., men under age 45), 20 routine visits for low acuity issues may be the only chance to identify and counsel overweight patients. 23,24 Although intervention physicians more frequently diagnosed and counseled for overweight, overall usage of the counseling template and order set were low. Physicians noted that the alert frequently increased their recognition of weight as a health problem, yet time constraints remained the main barrier to tool usage.…”

Which women aren’t getting mammograms and why? (United States)

“…Further, older patients are more likely to have conditions that require specialists and specialists may be less likely to be prevention-oriented than primary care physicians. Moreover, preventive care is rarely delivered when patients initiate visits to the doctor for illness, a more Table 2 Percentage of women 40 and older who did not have a mammogram (of all women in the 2000 NHIS sample), with and without access to health care by sociodemographic characteristics With access (7,532) Access problems (1,193) Adjusted a % 95% CI Adjusted a % 95% CI common factor for older than younger women [30]. The benefits of mammography are not as clear cut for women older than age 70 [31].…”

Exploring opportunities for colorectal cancer screening and prevention in the context of diabetes self-management: an analysis of the 2010 National Health Interview Survey

“…Recent investigations into multiple health behavior interventions suggest that they may be effective in changing behaviors related to CRC and other health outcomes [12,53,54,56]. Much of the work on the implementation of interventions across not just multiple risk factors but multiple medical conditions appears to have focused on clinical settings [3,57]. Given the growing population of adults with multiple chronic conditions [58] and the potential for cost savings in interventions addressing multiple behaviors or conditions [59], public health approaches to address multiple health behaviors and multiple chronic conditions are of increasing interest.…”