Current Research into Alcohol Problems in Primary Care

Alcohol and sleep problems in primary care patients: a report from the AAFP National Research Network.

PURPOSE Hazardous and harmful drinking and sleep problems are common, but their associations among patients seen in primary care have not been examined. We hypothesized that greater levels of alcohol consumption would be associated with several self-reported sleep problems. METHODS In a cross-sectional survey in primary care practices, 94 participating clinicians recruited up to 30 consecutiv...

Research into practice: accessing primary care.

Research into practice: prompt diagnosis of cancer in primary care.

PolICy baCkgRound Earlier diagnosis of symptomatic cancer has become increasingly recognised as holding the key to better cancer outcomes. Many Western governments have prioritised actions to achieve earlier diagnosis of cancer. England revised its cancer policy in 2007 to address this, with a National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative (NAEDI) to drive forward research, development, and ...

African Primary Care Research: Current situation, priorities and capacity building

The Sixth PRIMAFAMED (Primary Health Care/Family Medicine Education Network) workshop on ‘Capacity Building and Priorities in Primary Care Research’ was held in Pretoria, South Africa (SA), from 22 to 24 June 2014. Delegates from the following countries attended the workshop: Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, SA, Zambia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Mozam...

Translating Alcohol Research Into Practice

Antonio Noronha, Ph.D., is director of the Division of Neuroscience and Behavior, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, Maryland. Translational research helps move basic science and clinical laboratory discoveries toward application in health and medicine. Through controlled experiments, basic scientists use animal models to reproduce disease characteristics caused by a...