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Prevalence of Stunting According to WHO Growth Standards and Indonesian Growth Reference Charts: A Descriptive Study from Blega Sub-District

Journal of Agromedicine and Medical Sciences (AMS), 2021
Stunting is one of the remaining health issues in Indonesia and its prevalence was still high in the last decades. There are two types of growth charts that can be used in recording the child's growth: growth standards and growth references.
Nafiys Hilmy, Maitsa' Fatharani
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Fidelity evaluation of the compared procedures for conducting the PVS-PREDIAPS implementation strategy to optimize diabetes prevention in primary care

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background Assessing the fidelity of an implementation strategy is important to understand why and how the strategy influences the uptake of evidence-based interventions.
Alvaro Sánchez, Heather L. Rogers, Susana Pablo, Esther García, Inmaculada Rodríguez, Mª. Antonia Flores, Olga Galarza, Ana B. Gaztañaga, Pedro A. Martínez, Eider Alberdi, Elena Resines, Ana I. Llarena, Gonzalo Grandes, on behalf of the PREDIAPS Group   +13 more
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What do the general public believe about the causes, prognosis and best management strategies for low back pain? A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common reasons for seeking health care and is costly to the health care system. Recent evidence has shown that LBP care provided by many providers is divergent from guidelines and one reason may be ...
Amanda Hall, Danielle Coombs, Helen Richmond, Krystal Bursey, Brad Furlong, Rebecca Lawrence, Steven J. Kamper   +6 more
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Aetiology and frequency of coma in Emergency department of the primary healthcare centre [PDF]

Scripta Medica, 2022
Background/Aim: Coma is the most severe disturbance of consciousness from which the patient cannot wake up and in which there is no verbal and motor response or opening of the eyes.
Banjac Nada, Aleksić Nevena, Maksimović Žana M., Hadžić Renata, Mihajlović Dalibor   +4 more
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Chronic diseases in the geriatric population: morbidity and use of primary care services according to risk level

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Geriatric patients have significant morbidity and greater needs for care and assistance. The objective of this study was to describe the characteristics, morbidity, and use of services in primary care (PC) of patients with chronic diseases ...
Jaime Barrio-Cortes, Almudena Castaño-Reguillo, María Teresa Beca-Martínez, Mariana Bandeira-de Oliveira, Carmen López-Rodríguez, María Ángeles Jaime-Sisó   +5 more
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Peer Support as Part of Scaling-Up Integrated Care in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Arterial Hypertension at the Primary Healthcare Level: A Study Protocol

Slovenian Journal of Public Health, 2023
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and arterial hypertension (AH) are among the greatest challenges facing health systems worldwide and require comprehensive patient-centred care.
VIRTIČ Tina, MIHEVC Matic, ZAVRNIK Črt, MORI LUKANČIČ Majda, POPLAS SUSIČ Antonija, KLEMENC-KETIŠ Zalika   +5 more
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C-reactive protein influences the doctor’s degree of suspicion of pneumonia in primary care: a prospective observational study

European Journal of General Practice, 2020
Background In primary care, the diagnosis of pneumonia is often based on history and clinical examination alone. However, a previous study showed that the general practitioner’s degree of suspicion correlates well with findings on chest X-ray, when the C-
Anna B. Moberg, Anna Ravell Jensen, Jakob Paues, Falk Magnus   +3 more
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Effectiveness of two procedures for deploying a facilitated collaborative modeling implementation strategy—the PVS-PREDIAPS strategy—to optimize type 2 diabetes prevention in primary care: the PREDIAPS cluster randomized hybrid type II implementation trial

Implementation Science, 2021
Background The most efficient procedures to engage and guide healthcare professionals in collaborative processes that seek to optimize practice are unknown.
Alvaro Sanchez, Susana Pablo, Arturo Garcia-Alvarez, Silvia Dominguez, Gonzalo Grandes, on behalf of the PREDIAPS Group   +5 more
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Realising benefits in primary healthcare infrastructures [PDF]

, 2009
Purpose: This paper focuses upon the requirements to manage change, tangible and intangible benefits in a joint approach to deliver outputs on time, to quality and cost without failing to realise the benefits of the change.
Daryl May, Ghassan Aouad, Kathryn Yates, Mike Kagioglou, Stelios Sapountzis   +4 more
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Type 2 Diabetic Patients Visiting PHC in the Dubai Health Authority

Dubai Diabetes and Endocrinology Journal, 2021
Background: Diabetes is a highly prevalent global and local major health problem according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and will double by 2045. A strong relationship between obesity and type 2 diabetes has been found.
Noorah Bawady, Ola Aldafrawy, Elham Mohamed ElZobair, Wafaa Suliman, Amal Alzaabi, Suad Hashim Ahmed   +5 more
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