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How do general practitioners manage patient health literacy differences in cardiovascular disease prevention consultations? An interview study – Shannon McKinn et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-04T12:24:39+10:00Cardiovascular disease, General Practice, Health literacy, Prescribing, Primary Care, Publications, Treatment|

Low health literacy is associated with worse health outcomes, including for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, general practitioners (GPs) have limited support to identify and address patient health literacy needs in CVD prevention consultations. This study explored GPs’ experiences of patient health literacy needs during CVD [...]

Could nudges reduce health literacy disparities in CVD prevention? An experiment using alternative messages for CVD risk assessment screening – Michael Anthony Fajardo et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-04-05T14:58:38+11:00Cardiovascular disease, General Practice, Health literacy, Publications, Risk, Screening|

This study aimed to test different SMS messages inviting patients for a Heart Health Check with their GP. We also assessed how health literacy moderated these effects, to inform an Australian CVD risk screening program. Specifically, we tested a control message used in a previous [...]

General practitioners’ decision-making process to prescribe pain medicines for low back pain: a qualitative study – Giovanni E Ferreira et al.

Lucia Marcello2023-12-04T13:22:01+11:00Back pain, General Practice, Low back pain, Musculoskeletal, Opioids, Pain, Primary Care, Publications|

Pain medicines are widely prescribed by general practitioners (GPs) when managing people with low back pain (LBP), but little is known about what drives decisions to prescribe these medicines. The aim of this study was to investigate what influences GPs' decision to prescribe pain medicines [...]

“We’re trained to trust our patients”: a qualitative study on the general practitioners’ trust in patients for colorectal cancer shared care – Faith R Yong et al.

Lucia Marcello2023-12-04T13:08:51+11:00Cancer, General Practice, Primary Care, Publications, Shared decision making|

In a therapeutic partnership, physicians rely on patients to describe their health conditions, join in shared decision-making, and engage with supported self-management activities. In shared care, the patient, primary care, and specialist services partner together using agreed processes and outputs for the patient to be [...]

Patterns of Imaging Requests By General Practitioners for People With Musculoskeletal Complaints: An Analysis From a Primary Care Database – Haas et al.

Krista Verlis2023-11-01T11:18:40+11:00General Practice, Musculoskeletal, Publications|

GPs frequently request diagnostic imaging for people with regional musculoskeletal complaints, and this most commonly occurs simultaneously with the diagnosis. It is likely a substantial proportion of requests are discordant with evidence-based practice. Identification and testing of strategies that target patients, clinicians, and policy to [...]

Best practice guidance for antibiotic audit and feedback interventions in primary care: a modified Delphi study from the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial resistance: Primary Care Antibiotic Audit and Feedback Network (JPIAMR-PAAN) – Schwartz et al.

Krista Verlis2023-11-01T10:59:01+11:00Antibiotics, General Practice, Prescribing, Primary Care, Publications|

This paper provides expert-derived best practice recommendations for designing and evaluating peer comparison A&F for antibiotic prescribing in primary care. These 13 statements can be used by A&F designers to optimize the impact of their quality improvement interventions, and improve antibiotic prescribing in primary care.

Feasibility of a text-mediated recall system to increase cardiovascular disease risk assessment in general practice: Mixed-methods pilot evaluation – Raffoul et al.

Krista Verlis2023-11-01T09:45:27+11:00Cardiovascular disease, General Practice, Publications|

This study showed that an SMS recall program for Heart Health Checks can be effective and acceptable in Australian general practice. Future research will confirm these findings with a broader trial targeting high-risk regions and patients, with reinforced messaging strategies.

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How do general practitioners manage patient health literacy differences in cardiovascular disease prevention consultations? An interview study – Shannon McKinn et al.

Could nudges reduce health literacy disparities in CVD prevention? An experiment using alternative messages for CVD risk assessment screening – Michael Anthony Fajardo et al.

General practitioners’ decision-making process to prescribe pain medicines for low back pain: a qualitative study – Giovanni E Ferreira et al.

“We’re trained to trust our patients”: a qualitative study on the general practitioners’ trust in patients for colorectal cancer shared care – Faith R Yong et al.

Patterns of Imaging Requests By General Practitioners for People With Musculoskeletal Complaints: An Analysis From a Primary Care Database – Haas et al.

Best practice guidance for antibiotic audit and feedback interventions in primary care: a modified Delphi study from the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial resistance: Primary Care Antibiotic Audit and Feedback Network (JPIAMR-PAAN) – Schwartz et al.

Feasibility of a text-mediated recall system to increase cardiovascular disease risk assessment in general practice: Mixed-methods pilot evaluation – Raffoul et al.

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