OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of a short-term intervention to promote best practices for control of respiratory infections in primary care physicians' offices. DESIGN Before-after observational study. SETTING Family physicians' offices in Ottawa, Ont. PARTICIPANTS General practitioners and office staff. INTERVENTIONS Four infection-control practices (use of masks, alcohol-bas...

OBJECTIVE  To quantify how a period of intense media coverage of controversy over the risk:benefit balance of statins affected their use. DESIGN  Interrupted time series analysis of prospectively collected electronic data from primary care. SETTING  Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) in the United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS  Patients newly eligible for or currently taking statins for p...

The primary prevention of childhood obesity requires combined efforts by stakeholders at various societal levels, based on the knowledge from multiple disciplines. The goal of the present study was therefore to analyze current preventive approaches and delineate implications for future prevention research and practice by integrating knowledge from genetics, law, economics, psychology, and socia...

BACKGROUND Despite evidence of the effectiveness of cancer preventive services and the increasing development of guidelines, actual rates of delivery of cancer prevention activities remain low. Due to their frequent front-line contact with the public, family physicians (GPs) have the potential to play an important role in the primary prevention of cancer. However, there is a lack of information...

INTRODUCTION Besides participation in the primary prevention, screening as secondary prevention is an important requirement for primary care services. The effect of this work is influenced by the characteristics of individual primary care practices and doctors' screening habits, as well as by the regulation of screening processes and available financial resources. Between 1999 and 2009, a manag...

Background. The management of a child presenting with obesity in a primary care setting can be viewed as a multi-step behavioral process with many perceived and actual barriers for families and primary care providers. In order to achieve the goal of behavior change and, ultimately, clinically meaningful weight management outcomes in a child who is considered obese, all steps in this process sho...

BACKGROUND Prevention of diseases in gynecology can be improved by better understanding of health promotion and management of diseases. Management is "the art of performing jobs by or with other people" Mary Parker Follet. METHODS A descriptive analysis was performed on scientific studies in several published articles in medical journals and books. RESULTS THERE ARE FIVE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS O...