Impact of the introduction of a new policy of direct faecal immunochemical home screening test provision in a national bowel screening programme, both during and outside of advertising campaigns.

Background: BowelScreen, The National Bowel Screening Programme in Ireland, offers free colorectal screening to persons aged 60-69 through a home Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) kit. 40.2% uptake in the first screening round was below the programme standard (≥50.

Integration of Personalized Health Planning and Shared Medical Appointments for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Objectives: This study describes the feasibility of implementing personalized health planning (PHP) within shared medical appointments (SMAs) for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The PHP-SMA approach was designed to synergize the benefits of SMAs with those of PHP, enabling greater patient engagement focused on meeting individualized therapeutic goals in a group setting.

Methods: Patients were assigned randomly to a PHP-SMA or a standard eight-session SMA series.