Australian Journal of Primary Health

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National and international guidelines for preconception care and comparison with Australian guidelines: a systematic review

📝 Alemayehu G. Mekonnen, Jenny Doust, Dereje G. Gete, Gita D. Mishra

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Exploring Australian community pharmacists’ perspectives, practices and use of emergency hormonal contraception guidelines: a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework

📝 RA Nona, RA Ray, SM Taylor, BD Glass

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Understanding how culture shapes Chinese patients’ mental health decision-making in Australian general practice

📝 Jia Shing See, Catherine Kaylor-Hughes, Caroline Johnson, Amy Coe

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Physiotherapy telerehabilitation activity and cost as part of the Australian Government Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS)

📝 Centaine L. Snoswell, Megan Ross, Trevor Russell

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A systematic-narrative review of goal-setting guidelines in workers’ compensation rehabilitation in Australia Workers’ compensation authorities across Australia have developed goal-setting guidelines to inform how health professionals support injured workers; howev

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A systematic-narrative review of goal-setting guidelines in workers’ compensation rehabilitation in Australia

📝 Jack Sargeant, Dylan Poulus, Charmaine Bernie, Christian Swann

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Establishing a GP-led paediatric minor injury and illness clinic in the Queensland Children’s Hospital: pilot evaluation results The paediatric minor injury and illness clinic model positively impacted patient experiences and reduced waiting times for non-urgent, ‘GP appropriate’ pre

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Establishing a GP-led paediatric minor injury and illness clinic in the Queensland Children’s Hospital: pilot evaluation results

📝 Anton Pak, Nora Phelan, Fiona Thomson, Kym Roberts, Rosy Dobrijevic, Perrin Moss

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Improving the experiences of young adults with the Australian healthcare system This paper explores young adults’ unsatisfactory experiences with the Australian healthcare system, identifying key barriers to healthcare access, includin

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Improving the experiences of young adults with the Australian healthcare system

📝 Katharine Keller, Barbara Mintzes, Eliza J. McEwin

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Perspectives of general practitioners and practice nurses on integration of traditional and complementary medicine with Australia’s healthcare system Globally, traditional and complementary medicine, often used for disease prevention and chronic condition management, has varying levels of integration wit

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Perspectives of general practitioners and practice nurses on integration of traditional and complementary medicine with Australia’s healthcare system

📝 Elisheba Jeyasingham, Phyllis Lau, Rachel Canaway

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Factors associated with continuity of medication administration when patients transfer from hospital to residential aged care: a multicentre study Nearly one in four people transferred from hospital to residential aged care have medication doses missed or significantly delayed in the first 24 h. The r

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Factors associated with continuity of medication administration when patients transfer from hospital to residential aged care: a multicentre study

📝 R Elliott, S Taylor, K Griffett, T Howell, V Khalil, S Lalic, E Mathiopoulos, E Ong, M Wiseman, C Yap

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Mapping the evidence for Multipurpose Health Services in rural Australia This paper maps existing evidence on Australia’s Multipurpose Service program, highlighting its role in integrating health and aged care in rural communiti

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Mapping the evidence for Multipurpose Health Services in rural Australia

📝 Karla Kuzmins, Katherine Riley, Elizabeth Halcomb

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Clinical indicator prioritisation for the ACTMed trial: a modified nominal group technique approach for primary care research in the electronic age Managing competing prioritisation criteria when selecting clinical indicators for primary care research is challenging. In this study, a fully online modif

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Clinical indicator prioritisation for the ACTMed trial: a modified nominal group technique approach for primary care research in the electronic age

📝 Andrew Donald, Nicolette Ellis, Esa Chen, Richard Violette, Lisa Nissen, Jean Spinks

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Developing a co-designed triage support tool for disability support workers to determine the most appropriate urgency and care pathway for their clients Disability support workers are valuable in identifying changes in the health of the people they care for, but may struggle in recognising the right urgent

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Developing a co-designed triage support tool for disability support workers to determine the most appropriate urgency and care pathway for their clients

📝 David Nouju, Darren Daff, Pamela Everingham

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A multidisciplinary case conference model to conservatively manage hip and knee osteoarthritis: a pre-pilot feasibility and proof-of-concept study Despite strong evidence supporting weight loss and exercise for the management of lower limb osteoarthritis, these treatment strategies remain underutilise

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A multidisciplinary case conference model to conservatively manage hip and knee osteoarthritis: a pre-pilot feasibility and proof-of-concept study

📝 Timothy Miller, Andrew Bonney, Judy Mullan, Christine Metusela, Deirdre McGhee

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Predictors of oral health practices among village health volunteers in Chiang Mai, Thailand Village Health Volunteers are essential to Thailand’s primary healthcare system, yet their role in oral health practices has received less attention. This

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Predictors of oral health practices among village health volunteers in Chiang Mai, Thailand

📝 Watcharin Jilin, Yutthana Yaebkai, Atchara Prajongjeep

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Development of a primary care-coordinated sleep service to provide access to obstructive sleep apnoea diagnosis and management in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in far western ... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience a higher burden of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) than non-Indigenous populations but face conside

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Development of a primary care-coordinated sleep service to provide access to obstructive sleep apnoea diagnosis and management in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in far western NSW

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‘They can build up trust again, so that health is not such a scary place’: the acceptability and feasibility of a multidisciplinary primary care outreach service for women affected by domestic, family... Women and children experiencing domestic, family and sexual violence in Australia face substantial barriers to accessing primary care. This study explored

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‘They can build up trust again, so that health is not such a scary place’: the acceptability and feasibility of a multidisciplinary primary care outreach service for women affected by domestic, family and sexual violence

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Understanding issues of driving safety and transport utilisation among clients receiving opioid agonist treatment: a cross-sectional survey in New South Wales, Australia The provision of and burden to access opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is well established; alongside rigorous guidelines and regulations, prior research exa

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Understanding issues of driving safety and transport utilisation among clients receiving opioid agonist treatment: a cross-sectional survey in New South Wales, Australia

📝 DT Winter, LA Monds, N Lintzeris, BC Riordan, PS Haber, CA Day

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Reliance on self-report symptom endorsement may prevent GPs from identifying and supporting adolescents with atypical anorexia nervosa through the Medicare-funded Eating Disorders Treatment & Management Plan, according to this #OpenAccess study in @ausjph.bsky.social:

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Development of a primary care-coordinated sleep service to provide access to obstructive sleep apnoea diagnosis and management in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in far western ... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience a higher burden of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) than non-Indigenous populations but face consider

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Development of a primary care-coordinated sleep service to provide access to obstructive sleep apnoea diagnosis and management in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in far western NSW

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Exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people’s perspectives on health and health checks in primary care: a qualitative study Background Most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people are able to promote their wellbeing by harnessing cultural, community and personal stren

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Exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people’s perspectives on health and health checks in primary care: a qualitative study

📝 Geoffrey Spurling, Claudette 'Sissy' Tyson, Kalisha Soe, Noel Hayman

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Mind the gap: is it time to invest in embedded researchers in regional, rural and remote health services to address health outcome discrepancies for those living in rural, remote and regional areas? Research capacity building in healthcare works to generate and apply new knowledge to improve health outcomes; it creates new career pathways, improves sta

🔧 As Rural Health Month draws to a close, we turn attention to the backbone of change: research capacity. This article argues it’s time for Australia to invest in embedded, sustainable research within regional, rural and remote health services.

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What women want from local primary care services for unintended pregnancy in rural Australia: a qualitative study from rural New South Wales Rural women in Australia are more likely to experience unintended pregnancy, yet little is known about how well local primary care services meet their need

👩‍⚕️ During Rural Health Month, we spotlight what rural women value in local primary care services. A study of unintended pregnancy care in rural NSW reveals that women expect accessible, respectful, and locally-relevant support.

📝 A Noonan, KI Black, GM Luscombe, J Tomnay

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Screening of adolescent Atypical Anorexia Nervosa in primary care: is the current use of the eating disorders examination a barrier to accessing treatment? Many adolescents with eating disorders do not self-report symptoms, which can delay recognition in primary care. One in four clinically diagnosed adolescen

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Screening of adolescent Atypical Anorexia Nervosa in primary care: is the current use of the eating disorders examination a barrier to accessing treatment?

📝 Renata A. Mendes, Daniel Wilson, Natalie J. Loxton

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Keeping the Body in Mind-Primary: evaluation of a community-based lifestyle intervention for people with severe mental illness accessing primary care People living with severe mental illness face increased risk of physical multimorbidity and early death, yet primary care settings – where many in this pop

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Keeping the Body in Mind-Primary: evaluation of a community-based lifestyle intervention for people with severe mental illness accessing primary care

📝 E Draper, S Teasdale, J Curtis, PB Ward, L Conlon, A Watkins, R Morell, B Parmenter, H Fibbins

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Are Australian physiotherapists and exercise physiologists interested in providing pulmonary rehabilitation in primary care? A national survey Alternative models of pulmonary rehabilitation are imperative to increasing access and relieving pressure on existing centre-based programs. Physiotherapis

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Are Australian physiotherapists and exercise physiologists interested in providing pulmonary rehabilitation in primary care? A national survey

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GP perspectives on a psychiatry phone line in Western Australia’s Great Southern region: implications for addressing rural GP workload GPs provide most of the mental health care and deal with an increasing number of patients with complex problems; this is more acute in rural areas where th

"🌾 As we mark Rural Health Month in November, it’s essential to highlight innovations in rural mental health care. This study explores what GPs in the Great Southern region of Western Australia think about a dedicated psychiatry phone-line.

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Applying an Indigenous strengths-based theoretical framework for nutrition-related health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia impacted by chronic kidney diseas... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ health knowledge strengths are poorly integrated due to dominant Western deficit-based approaches negatively

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Applying an Indigenous strengths-based theoretical framework for nutrition-related health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia impacted by chronic kidney disease

📝 Tracy Hardy and Jaimon Kelly

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Partnership factors enabling co-planning of sustainable rural health models Strong partnerships are critical for effective co-planning of primary healthcare models that meet rural community needs. The study aim was to explore the f

🏞️ Rural Health Month reminds us that communities with fewer resources need collaborative solutions. This article examines the partnership factors that enable co-planning of sustainable health models in rural “thin markets”.

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Capacity building for mental health services: methodology and lessons learned from the Partners in Recovery initiative Capacity-building programs are necessary for advancing new public health initiatives, yet there remains limited evidence to inform best practices for deliv

💡 As Mental Health Awareness Month concludes, we look ahead to how services can grow stronger. This article examines the Partners in Recovery initiative, sharing methodology and lessons learned for building more collaborative, sustainable mental health services.

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Rapid deployment of support for a mental health crisis: 10 priorities framing Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic response The COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health measuresgenerated substantial and ongoing challenges for the mental health and wellbeing of Australian c

⚡ Mental Health Awareness Month is also about preparing for times of crisis. This article describes the Australian Government’s investment in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to the 10 priority areas.

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