Comparison of Communication Channels for Large-Scale Type 2 Diabetes Risk Screening and Intervention Recruitment: Empirical Study

Kari Jalkanen   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Riia Järvenpää   ^{2 *} , MSocSc ;   Tanja Tilles-Tirkkonen   ³ , PhD ;   Janne Martikainen   ¹ , PhD ;   Emma Aarnio   ¹ , PhD ;   Reija Männikkö   ^{3, 4} , PhD ;   Eeva Rantala   ^{2, 5} , MSc ;   Leila Karhunen   ⁴ , PhD ;   Marjukka Kolehmainen   ³ , PhD ;   Marja Harjumaa   ⁵ , PhD ;   Kaisa Poutanen   ⁵ , PhD ;   Miikka Ermes   ⁵ , PhD ;   Pilvikki Absetz   ³ , PhD ;   Ursula Schwab   ^{3, 4} , PhD ;   Timo Lakka   ^{3, 6} , MD, PhD ;   Jussi Pihlajamäki   ^{3, 6} , MD, PhD ;   Jaana Lindström   ² , PhD ;   The StopDia Study Group   ^{7 *}

¹ School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

² Department of Public Health Solutions, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

³ School of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

⁴ Department of Medicine, Endocrinology and Clinical Nutrition, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

⁵ VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo, Finland

⁶ Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

⁷ See Acknowledgments, Finland, Finland

*these authors contributed equally