Accessibility and availability of maternal and reproductive health care services: ensuring health equity among rural women in Southern India
The health of women is of particular concern because they often have greater health needs than men and many women still lack access to quality healthcare services, preventing their ability to attain the best p... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 29, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Geetha Jeganathan, Sampath Kumar Srinivasan, Senthilkumar Ramasamy and Pitchaimani Govindharaj Tags: Research Source Type: research
Assessing primary health care provider and organization readiness to address family violence in Alberta, Canada: development of a Delphi consensus readiness tool
Family violence, which includes intimate partner abuse, child abuse, and elder abuse, is a serious public health concern. Primary healthcare (PHC) offers a vital opportunity to identify and address family viol... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 29, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Stephanie Montesanti, Anika Sehgal, Lubna Zaeem, Carrie McManus, Suzanne Squires and Peter Silverstone Tags: Research Source Type: research
Advancing health equity for Indigenous peoples in Canada: development of a patient complexity assessment framework
Indigenous patients often present with complex health needs in clinical settings due to factors rooted in a legacy of colonization. Healthcare systems and providers are not equipped to identify the underlying ... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 29, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Anika Sehgal, Rita Henderson, Adam Murry, Lynden (Lindsay) Crowshoe and Cheryl Barnabe Tags: Research Source Type: research
Evolution of public funding since primary care research was considered as a priority research domain in france
Annually, the French Ministry of Health funds clinical research projects based on a national call for projects. Since 2013, the Ministry has prioritized funding of primary care. Projects selected for funding a... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jordan Scheer, Taylor Leroy, Sylvie Guillo, Florence Tubach, Antoine Roz ès, Amandine Verga-Gérard, Francis Guillemin, Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre and Anthony Chapron Tags: Research Source Type: research
The short and long-term efficacy of nurse-led interventions for improving blood pressure control in people with hypertension in primary care settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Previous systematic reviews suggest that nurse-led interventions improve short-term blood pressure (BP) control for people with hypertension. However, the long-term effects, adverse events, and appropriate tar... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Masami Ito, Aran Tajika, Rie Toyomoto, Hissei Imai, Masatsugu Sakata, Yukiko Honda, Sanae Kishimoto, Memori Fukuda, Noboru Horinouchi, Ethan Sahker and Toshi A. Furukawa Tags: Research Source Type: research
Opening the black box of registration practice for self-harm and suicide attempts in emergency departments: a qualitative study
The World Health Organization has called for improved surveillance of self-harm and suicide attempts worldwide to benefit suicide prevention programs. International comparisons of registrations are lacking, ho... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Sarah Grube Jakobsen, Pernille Tanggaard Andersen, Jens Lauritsen, Christina Petrea Larsen, Elsebeth Stenager and Erik Christiansen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Advancing social care integration in health systems with community health workers: an implementation evaluation based in Bronx, New York
In recent years, health systems have expanded the focus on health equity to include health-related social needs (HRSNs) screening. Community health workers (CHWs) are positioned to address HRSNs by serving as ... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Kevin P. Fiori, Samantha Levano, Jessica Haughton, Renee Whiskey-LaLanne, Andrew Telzak, Hemen Muleta, Kavita Vani, Earle C. Chambers and Andrew Racine Tags: Research Source Type: research
Strategies that facilitate the delivery of exceptionally good patient care in general practice: a qualitative study with patients and primary care professionals
In recent years, proactive strengths-based approaches to improving quality of care have been advocated. The positive deviance approach seeks to identify and learn from those who perform exceptionally well. Cen... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Roisin O ’Malley, Paul O’Connor and Sinéad Lydon Tags: Research Source Type: research
Assessment and management of chronic insomnia disorder: an algorithm for primary care physicians
Primary care physicians often lack resources and training to correctly diagnose and manage chronic insomnia disorder. Tools supporting chronic insomnia diagnosis and management could fill this critical gap. A ... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 26, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Hugh Selsick, Anna Heidbreder, Jason Ellis, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, Diego Garc ía-Borreguero, Chrysoula Leontiou, Michael S.B. Mak, David O’Regan and Liborio Parrino Tags: Research Source Type: research
Dental practitioners ’ knowledge, management practices, and attitudes toward collaboration in the treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders: a mixed-methods study
This study aims to... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 26, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Muhammad Taqi, Syed Jaffar Abbas Zaidi, Saad uddin Siddiqui, Babar Zia and Maria Khadija Siddiqui Tags: Research Source Type: research
Uptake of self-management education programmes for people with type 2 diabetes in primary care through the embedding package: a cluster randomised control trial and ethnographic study
This study reports on the effectiveness of the E... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 25, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Melanie J Davies, Danielle H Bodicoat, Alan Brennan, Simon Dixon, Helen Eborall, Agnieszka Glab, Laura J Gray, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Lisa Huddlestone, Nicky Hudson, Anju Keetharuth, Kamlesh Khunti, Graham Martin, Alison Northern, Rebecca Pritchard, Tags: Research Source Type: research
Patient experiences in primary care do not differ according to rurality: a cross-sectional study
Living in rural areas is a major contributor of health inequity. Tackling health inequity is important for primary care physicians. Therefore, it is important to compare the quality of primary care between rur... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 25, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Makoto Kaneko, Hironori Yamada and Tadao Oakada Tags: Research Source Type: research
Comparative analysis of village doctors ’ relative deprivation: based on two cross-sectional surveys
Village doctors are the main health service providers in China ’s rural areas. Compared with other rural groups, they will have a sense of relative deprivation, which has an impact on their practice mentality a... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 25, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Qiusha Li, Zixuan Zhao, Chunxiao Yang, Bei Lu, Chenxiao Yang, Jiahui Qiao, Dongmei Huang, Zhongming Chen and Wenqiang Yin Tags: Research Source Type: research
How family physicians in Singapore recognise complexity during consultations: a qualitative study
The prevalence of persons with complex needs in Singapore is rising. Poor understanding of what constitutes complexity impedes the identification of care gaps and development of interventions to improve care f... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 25, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jing Sheng Quek, Eng Sing Lee, Lian Leng Low and Sabrina Kay Wye Wong Tags: Research Source Type: research
Does engagement matter? The impact of patient and community engagement on implementation of cardiovascular health materials in primary care settings
Engaging patients and community members in healthcare implementation, research and evaluation has become more popular over the past two decades. Despite the growing interest in patient engagement, there is sca... (Source: BMC Family Practice)
Source: BMC Family Practice - April 25, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Linda Zittleman, John M. Westfall, Danelle Callen, Alisha M. Herrick, Carolina Nkouaga, Matthew Simpson, L. Miriam Dickinson, Douglas Fernald, Arthur Kaufman, Aimee F. English, W. Perry Dickinson and Donald E. Nease Jr Tags: Research Source Type: research
