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From:African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine (Vol. 5, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed
Conceptualizing Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC)--the Tshwane, South Africa, health post model
Introduction Re-engineering primary health care Health sector reforms initiated in South Africa in 1994 adopted a primary health care approach to strengthen the health system and achieve public health outcomes... -
From:Journal of Family and Community Medicine (Vol. 20, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedByline: Abdulaziz. Sebiany Objectives: To determine the level of knowledge of primary health care physicians and the barriers perceived in the management of overweight and obesity in the Eastern Province of Saudi...
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From:Annals of African Medicine (Vol. 12, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedByline: Danjuma. Bello, Zuwaira. Hassan, Tolulope. Afolaranmi, Yetunde. Tagurum, Oluwabunmi. Chirdan, Ayuba. Zoakah Background: Supportive supervision is a form of supervision that promotes quality at all levels of...
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From:Journal of Basic and Clinical Pharmacy (Vol. 5, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: Indranil. Banerjee, Tania. Bhadury Background: Prescription is the written order of the physician which is conveyed to the patient. Rational prescription writing is a skill which should be mastered at the...
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From:Nursing Economics (Vol. 32, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedExecutive Summary * The group visit approach to improve chronic illness self-management appears promising in terms of selected outcomes, but little information is available about best ways to organize and implement...
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From:Health Services InsightsPeer-ReviewedThere has been no study evaluating whether primary care services are sufficiently oriented towards the older population in Hong Kong, particularly those with increasing frailty. Since primary care is a key first...
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From:Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (Vol. 40, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedA Family Health Team (FHT) is a multi-disciplinary primary healthcare model that may be an ideal setting to engage patients in physical activity. An environmental scan was conducted to determine the prevalence and...
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From:Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing (Vol. 32, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedObjective This study aimed to understand public health nurses' (PHNs) views and experiences of their role as part of a primary care team (PCT) and developments within primary care. Design The study adopted a...
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From:Current Gerontology and Geriatrics ResearchPeer-ReviewedBackground. Recently, the percentage of older adults in developing countries has increased significantly. Objective. This study examined patterns and factors associated with primary health care services utilization in...
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From:Indian Journal of Community Medicine (Vol. 40, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedByline: Sanjeev. Davey, Santosh. Raghav, Jai. Singh, Anuradha. Davey, Nirankar. Singh Background: The evaluation of primary healthcare services provided by health training centers of a private medical college has not...
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From:Primary Health Care (Vol. 22, Issue 4)LEADING NURSE researchers have put forward a five-point plan to strengthen the primary care nursing workforce and boost care quality. The ideas are contained in an International Council of Nurses' report which...
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From:Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal (Vol. 17, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedPhysicians' prescribing behaviour is closely linked with patient safety and this area is poorly researched in Saudi Arabia. The objective of this study was to analyse physicians' prescribing patterns and the adequacy of...
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From:Telemedicine and e-Health (Vol. 17, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction: The technological innovations that are a part of organizational realities allow for new possibilities in social processes. In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the municipality established a system of training...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 26, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedSUMMARY The transfer of NHS community services to social enterprises is controversial. Small enterprises are working well, but their future is uncertain. Keywords Social enterprises * Community services * 'Any...
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From:Nursing Management (Harrow) (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedRCN SCOTLAND has welcomed the publication by the Scottish government of its blueprint document, Delivering Quality in Primary Care. The strategy for primary care aims to tackle concerns highlighted recently by...
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From:Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine (Vol. 15, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction: We sought to assess the care experience of primary health care users, to determine whether users' assessments of their experience vary according to the geographical context in which services are obtained,...
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From:Nursing Management (Harrow) (Vol. 17, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThe coalition government's white paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, discusses the role of primary care practitioners, particularly GPs. Primary care has also been subject to reform recently in the...
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From:CME: Your SA Journal of CPD (Vol. 28, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedDiabetes care extends beyond glycaemic control, and several interventions to improve diabetes outcome are supported by evidence from large trials. Most of the recommendations included here are based on the Society...
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From:Primary Health Care (Vol. 20, Issue 9)Childhood obesity November 11 2010, Belfast Queen's University Belfast conference 'Taking Action on Childhood Obesity'. Website: www.qub.ac.uk/sites/childhoodobesityconference Nursing challenge...
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From:Contemporary Pediatrics (Vol. 32, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedJamila, an 8-year old asthma patient, barely made it to the emergency department (ED) this time. This was the closest she had been to irreversible respiratory failure. In spite of multiple ED visits and...