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Flemish general dental practitioners' knowledge of dental radiology [PDF]

, 2010
The aim of this study was to assess general dental practitioners' knowledge of dental radiography and radiation protection in order to alert the Belgian authorities and dental professional societies.
Aps, Johan
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Physician Communication Skills: Results of a Survey of General/Family Practitioners in Newfoundland [PDF]

, 2001
Purpose: To describe the attitudes related to communication skills, confidence in using commnication skills, and use of communication skills during the physician-patient encounter among a population-based sample of family physicians. Procedures: A mailed
Ashbury PhD, Fredrick D., Iverson PhD, Donald C., Kralj PhD, Boris   +2 more
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How genomic information is accessed in clinical practice: an electronic survey of UK general practitioners. [PDF]

, 2020
Genomic technologies are having an increasing impact across medicine, including primary care. To enable their wider adoption and realize their potential, education of primary health-care practitioners will be required.
Evans, WRH, Hayward, J, Qureshi, N, Rafi, I, Tranter, J   +4 more
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Promoting physical health among people with enduring mental illness: a qualitative study of healthcare providers’ perspectives

BMJ Open, 2021
Background People with enduring mental illness (EMI) have higher morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases than the general population, and this results in a significantly reduced relative life expectancy—accounted for primarily by physical illness ...
James Larkin, Brian Osborne, Claire Collins, Pearse Finegan, Marie O'Shea, Ivana Pericin   +5 more
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Primary Care Staff's Views and Experiences Related to Routinely Advising Patients about Physical Activity. A Questionnaire Survey [PDF]

, 2006
Background: United Kingdom public health policy has recently re-emphasised the role of primary health care professionals in tackling increasing levels of physical inactivity within the general population.
A Steptoe, A Steptoe, A Taylor, Ann Kerr, BA Swinburn, CR Elley, DA Lawlor, Department of Health, Physical Activity, Health Improvement and Prevention, DO Clark, Edwin van Teijlingen, EG Eakin, FCL Bull, Flora Douglas, J McKenna, J McKenna, J Naidoo, JE Walsh, L Green, M Fitzpatrick, M Hillsdon, Mental Health Foundation, MG Goldstein, N Mutrie, Nicola Torrance, O Morgan, R Ashenden, R Schwarzer, RE Glasgow, RE Glasgow, S Hardcastle, Scottish Executive, Scottish Executive Health Department, Scottish Forum for Public Health Medicine, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Serena Meloni, World Health Organization (WHO)   +36 more
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Health status in patients with limited health literacy; development and validity of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire graphic (CCQg)

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) often experience limited health literacy, hampering health status assessment via standard questionnaires like the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ).
Erlijn Tiel Groenestege, Bea Sloothaak, Iris van Geer-Postmus, Aimée van de Maat, Ellen van Heijst, Natascha Huijser van Reenen, Kaying Kan, Marjan Kerkhof, Cindy Lentjes, Thys van der Molen, Maret Zonneveld, Johannes in ’t Veen, Janwillem Kocks   +12 more
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Identifying critical inhalation technique errors in Dry Powder Inhaler use in patients with COPD based on the association with health status and exacerbations: findings from the multi-country cross-sectional observational PIFotal study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Background Correct inhaler use depends on a complex interplay of factors, including device preparation and generating sufficient inspiratory flow. It is currently unknown which inhalation technique errors can be considered critical in Chronic Obstructive
Janwillem Kocks, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, Joyce van Cooten, Jaime Correia de Sousa, Biljana Cvetkovski, Richard Dekhuijzen, Lars Dijk, Marina Garcia Pardo, Asparuh Gardev, Radosław Gawlik, Iris van der Ham, Ymke Janse, Federico Lavorini, Tiago Maricoto, Jiska Meijer, Boyd Metz, David Price, Miguel Roman Rodriguez, Kirsten Schuttel, Nilouq Stoker, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Omar Usmani, Jaco Voorham, Marika T. Leving   +23 more
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Collaboration to reduce antibiotic use and resistance and identify opportunities for improvement and awareness (CARA)

Rural and Remote Health, 2023
Introduction: CARA is a five-year Health Research Board (HRB) project. Superbugs cause resistant infections that are difficult to treat and pose a serious threat to human health.
Sana Parveen, Mathieu D’Aquin, Lukasz Porwol, Claire Collins, Mike O'Callaghan, Heike Vornhagen, Agustin Garcia Pereira, Akke Vellinga   +7 more
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General Practitioners in Hospital [PDF]

BMJ, 1970
An acute general hospital of 68 beds at Tamworth, a Midland town of 50,000 people, is staffed by general practitioners for both inpatient and casualty work. During the period 1967-8 there were 889 general practitioner admissions to the hospital for intermediate surgical and medical care, the average length of stay being 6.3 days and the average cost ...
J W, Smith, J B, O'Donovan
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Antibiotic prescribing by general dental practitioners in the Greater Glasgow Health Board, Scotland [PDF]

, 2000
OBJECTIVE: To investigate antibiotic prescribing patterns by general dental practitioners (GDPs) in the Greater Glasgow Health Board Area, Scotland. STUDY DESIGN: A 10% sample of prescriptions were selected at random from 35,545 prescriptions written by ...
Bagg, J., Roy, K.
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