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Open AccessImplementing chlamydia screening: what do women think? A systematic review of the literature
Chlamydia trachomatis is a common sexually transmitted infection that can have serious consequences. It is universally agreed that screening for chlamydia infection should be offered to sexually active young wom...
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Open AccessTake the sex out of STI screening! Views of young women on implementing chlamydia screening in General Practice
Australia is develo** a chlamydia screening program. This study aimed to determine the attitudes of young women to the introduction of chlamydia screening in Australian General Practice.
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Open AccessWhat needs to change to increase chlamydia screening in general practice in Australia? The views of general practitioners
Australia is considering implementing a chlamydia screening program in general practice. The views of general practitioners (GPs) are necessary to inform the design of the program. This paper aimed to investig...
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Open AccessWomen's evaluation of abuse and violence care in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial (weave)
Intimate partner abuse (IPA) is a major public health problem with serious implications for the physical and psychosocial wellbeing of women, particularly women of child-bearing age. It is a common, hidden pro...
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Open AccessEmbedding effective depression care: using theory for primary care organisational and systems change
Depression and related disorders represent a significant part of general practitioners (GPs) daily work. Implementing the evidence about what works for depression care into routine practice presents a challeng...
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Open AccessMaximising retention in a longitudinal study of genital Chlamydia trachomatis among young women in Australia
Cohort studies are an important study design however they are difficult to implement, often suffer from poor retention, low participation and bias. The aims of this paper are to describe the methods used to re...
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The association between chronic illness, multimorbidity and depressive symptoms in an Australian primary care cohort
To assess the link between multimorbidity, type of chronic physical health problems and depressive symptoms
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Open AccessPrescribing Data in General Practice Demonstration (PDGPD) project - a cluster randomised controlled trial of a quality improvement intervention to achieve better prescribing for chronic heart failure and hypertension
Research literature consistently documents that scientifically based therapeutic recommendations are not always followed in the hospital or in the primary care setting. Currently, there is evidence that some g...
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Evaluation of the Social Participation Questionnaire in adult patients with depressive symptoms using Rasch analysis
The aim of this study was to explore the psychometric properties of the 22-item Social Participation Questionnaire (SPQ).
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Open AccessWho consults chiropractors in Victoria, Australia?: Reasons for attending, general health and lifestyle habits of chiropractic patients
COAST (Chiropractic Observational and Analysis STudy) reported the clinical practices of chiropractors. The aims of this study were to: 1) describe the chiropractic patient demographic and health characteristi...
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Open AccessMoving from “let’s fix them” to “actually listen”: the development of a primary care intervention for mental-physical multimorbidity
Effective person-centred interventions are needed to support people living with mental-physical multimorbidity to achieve better health and wellbeing outcomes. Depression is identified as the most common menta...
