Proactive health risk screening for multiple motivational interventions in primary care patients: Methods, design and reach

Background: Primary care settings provide facilitated access for prevention efforts, and E-health interventions have the potential to serve large populations. However, cost of proactive recruitment is a limiting factor. In addition, most e-health interventions are focused on single behavioral health risks making systematic screening ineffective. We describe methodological details of a proactive multipurpose health risk screening procedure in primary care patients and report data on reach of individuals. Methods: Study assistants proactively approached patients between 18 and 64 years from general practices and g…