OBJECTIVE To explore general practitioners' (GPs) views on leadership roles and leadership challenges in general practice and primary health care. DESIGN We conducted focus groups (FGs) with 17 GPs. SETTING Norwegian primary health care. SUBJECTS 17 GPs who attended a 5 d course on leadership in primary health care. RESULTS Our study suggests that the GPs experience a need for more prep...

BACKGROUND Stratified primary care involves changing General Practitioners' (GPs) clinical behaviour in treating patients, away from the current stepped care approach to instead identifying early treatment options that are matched to patients' risk of persistent disabling pain. This article explores the perspectives of UK-based GPs and patients about a prognostic stratified care model being dev...

OBJECTIVE Breastfeeding Friendly Primary Care Initiative comprises educational activities focused on primary care units. The To evaluate the effectiveness of a strategy on breastfeeding promotion to the Family Health Program team. METHODS A controlled intervention study was performed with 20 family health care teams randomly selected into intervention and control group in Montes Claros, South...

The use of information and communication technology has increased in the society, and can be useful in nursing care. The aim of this study was to describe district nurses' attitudes regarding the implementation of information and communication technology in home nursing. The first and third authors performed five focus group discussions with 19 district nurses' from five primary healthcare cent...

BACKGROUND Re-engineering of primary healthcare (PHC) was initiated nationally in 2009. There is, however, little information on the role expected of occupational therapists (OTs)in PHC. OBJECTIVES This research aimed to understand how stakeholders of the Department of Health (DOH) perceived the role of OT in PHC service. METHOD This exploratory, qualitative study used purposive sampling to...

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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to explore barriers among patients, general practitioners (GPs) and practice nurses to implement internet-based self-management support as provided by PatientCoach for asthma in primary care. SETTING Primary care within South Holland, the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-two patients (12 women, mean age 38 years), 21 GPs (6 women, mean age 52 years) and ...

BACKGROUND Although brain tumor support groups have been available internationally for many years, Liverpool Hospital in Australia has not traditionally provided this service. As a leadership initiative, the development of a brain tumor support group that incorporates a primary healthcare framework is a sustainable approach that showcases the role of nursing leaders in changing attitudes and im...

The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a parent training program for promoting cognitive performance of young children through enriching the parent-child interactions among mothers of preschool-aged children in Mashhad, Iran. A total of 29 couples of mothers and their children were assigned to an experimental group (n = 16 couples) and a control group (n = 13 couples). Mothers in the e...

BACKGROUND Asthma management in Australia is suboptimal. The "Guidelines for provision of a Pharmacist Only medicine: short acting beta agonists" (SABA guidelines) and a novel West Australian "Asthma Action Plan card" (AAP card) were concurrently developed to improve asthma management. The aim of this qualitative research was to evaluate the collaborative, multidisciplinary and multifaceted imp...