Primary Health Care
Primary health care covers a broad range of health and preventative services, including health education, counselling, disease prevention and screening. A strong primary health care system is central to improving the health of all New Zealanders and reducing health inequalities between different groups.
Primary health care covers a broad range of health and preventative services, including health education, counselling, disease prevention and screening. A strong primary health care system is central to improving the health of all New Zealanders and reducing health inequalities between different groups.
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Primary care ethnicity data audit toolkit (Ministry of Health)
posted by Research Admin on 13 Jun 2013
The scope of the Toolkit includes three practice-administered tools to assess the quality of ethnicity data and systems for data…
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One day Long Term Conditions Integration workshop for DHBs and PHOs held 1 May 2013
posted by Megan Grant on 27 May 2013
The Ministry of Health ran a 1 day workshop for District Health Board staff and Primary Health Organisaions on 1…
International Literature
Drivers of overall satisfaction with primary care: Evidence from the English General Practice Patient Survey
posted by Research Admin on 7 Jun 2013
This study used data from the 2009/10 English General Practice Patient Survey including 2,169,718 respondents registered with 8,362 primary care…
International Literature
Frequency of medication errors in primary care patients with polypharmacy (Austria)
posted by Research Admin on 7 Jun 2013
As chronic diseases affect more than half of the population ≥75 years of age in developed countries, use of prescription…
NZ Literature Abstract
Screening for cardiovascular disease: A comparison of Maori and non-Maori risk profiles
posted by Research Admin on 18 Jun 2013
Published 2013. Author: Allamanda Faatoese.
PhD thesis (Medicine), University of Otago, Dunedin
NZ Literature Abstract
Pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: Risk of infection in primary healthcare workers
posted by Research Admin on 11 Jun 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Ben Hudson, Les Toop, Dee Mangin, Cheryl Brunton, Lance C. Jennings, Lynn Fletcher.
British Journal of General Practice, 63(611), e416-e422
NZ Literature Abstract
Five-year survey of Wellington practice nurses delivering dietary advice to people with type 2 diabetes [in press]
posted by Research Admin on 10 Jun 2013
Authors: Amber F. Parry-Strong, Julia Lyon, Katherine Stern, Claudia Vavasour, Jan Milne.
Nutrition & Dietetics, [published online 3 June 2013]
NZ Literature Abstract
Personal medicines storage in New Zealand
posted by Research Admin on 7 Jun 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Campbell Hewson, Chong Chi Shen, Clare Strachan, Pauline Norris.
Journal of Primary Health Care, 5(2), 146–150
NZ Literature Abstract
Evaluation of the Midlands Health Network Integrated Family Health Centre (IFHC) model of care: Phase II report
posted by Research Admin on 16 May 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Antony Raymont, Midlands Health Network, Primary Health Care Limited.
[Hamilton]: Midlands Health Network; Primary Health Care Limited
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Report on the performance of general practices in Whānau Ora collectives as at December 2012
posted by Research Admin on 10 May 2013
Published 2013. Author: Ministry of Health.
Wellington: Ministry of Health
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Documents
- Managing multi-morbidity in practice… what lessons can be learnt from the care of people with COPD and co-morbidities? (UK)
- Health targets – 2012/13 quarter three – results summary
- Prostate Cancer Awareness and Quality Improvement Programme: Improving outcomes for men with prostate cancer
- Evaluation of the first year of the Inner North West London Integrated Care Pilot (England)
- Statement of Intent 2013 to 2016: Ministry of Health
Events
- Public Health Association Conference 2013: Partnership or Collaboration; is there a difference?
- One day Long Term Conditions Integration workshop for DHBs and PHOs held 1 May 2013
- 4th South General Practice Conference & Medical Exhibition (GP CME) Meeting (Dunedin)
- Rotorua General Practice Conference & Medical Exhibition (GP CME) 2013
- Men's Health (PHARMAC Seminar Series, Wellington)
Case Studies
- Implementing shared decision making: Clinical teams’ experiences of implementing shared decision making as part of the MAGIC programme (UK)
- Implementation of the Flinders Program by a Primary Health Organisation
- The Samoan Self Management Education Programme for People with Long Term Health Conditions
- Māori Diabetes Self Management Education
- Diabetes Self Management Education Programme
NZ Literature Abstracts
- Screening for cardiovascular disease: A comparison of Maori and non-Maori risk profiles
- Pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: Risk of infection in primary healthcare workers
- Five-year survey of Wellington practice nurses delivering dietary advice to people with type 2 diabetes [in press]
- Personal medicines storage in New Zealand
- Transient ischaemic attack and stroke risk: Pilot of a primary care electronic decision support tool
International Literature
- Features of cancer in teenagers and young adults in primary care: A population-based nested case–control study (UK)
- Drivers of overall satisfaction with primary care: Evidence from the English General Practice Patient Survey
- Frequency of medication errors in primary care patients with polypharmacy (Austria)
- Comparing the effectiveness of two cardiovascular prevention programs for highly educated professionals in general practice: A randomised clinical trial (Belguim)
- Physician advice for smoking cessation (Cochrane Review)
Discussion
- The impact of patient and practice characteristics on retention in the diabetes annual review programme
- Health targets – 2012/13 quarter three – results summary
- Waitemata residents among the healthiest in New Zealand
- Screening for prostate cancer in New Zealand general practice
- Budget 2013: Additional $21.3m to fight rheumatic fever