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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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Innovations in primary mental healthcare [PDF]

Australian Health Review, 2013
Objective. We review the evidence on innovations in Tier 2 of the Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) program, which is designed to facilitate the provision of primary mental healthcare to hard-to-reach and at-risk population groups (including women with perinatal depression, people at risk of self ...
Reifels, Lennart, Bassilios, Bridget, King, Kylie E., Fletcher, Justine R., Blashki, Grant, Pirkis, Jane E.   +5 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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Developing primary care teams prepared to improve quality: a mixed-methods evaluation and lessons learned from implementing a microsystems approach

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Health systems in the United States are increasingly required to become leaders in quality to compete successfully in a value-conscious purchasing market. Doing so involves developing effective clinical teams using approaches like the clinical
Nancy Pandhi, Sally Kraft, Stephanie Berkson, Sarah Davis, Sandra Kamnetz, Steven Koslov, Elizabeth Trowbridge, William Caplan   +7 more
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Accountability and Primary Healthcare

Healthcare Policy | Politiques de Santé, 2014
This paper examines the accountability structures within primary healthcare (PHC) in Ontario; in particular, who is accountable for what and to whom, and the policy tools being used. Ontario has implemented a series of incremental reforms, using expenditure policy instruments, enforced through contractual agreements to provide a defined set of publicly
Shaheena, Mukhi, Jan, Barnsley, Raisa B, Deber   +2 more
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Efficiency of “Prescribe Vida Saludable”, a health promotion innovation. Pilot phase

Gaceta Sanitaria, 2017
Objective: “Prescribe Vida Saludable” (PVS) is an organisational innovation designed to optimise the promotion of multiple healthy habits in primary healthcare.
Aitor Sanz-Guinea, Maite Espinosa, Gonzalo Grandes, Álvaro Sáncheza, Catalina Martínez, Haizea Pombo, Paola Bully, Josep Cortada   +7 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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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of influenza vaccine immunization among primary healthcare providers in Dubai health authority, 2016-2017

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Background: Vaccination of healthcare providers (HCPs) against seasonal influenza has been consistently recommended worldwide. Despite that, healthcare providers (HCPs) globally and in other Middle Eastern countries continue to have a low rate of ...
Lateefa Mohamed AlMarzooqi, Anfal Ali AlMajidi, Abeer Abdulrahim AlHammadi, Noura AlAli, Hamda Hassan Khansaheb   +4 more
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Systems for the management of respiratory disease in primary care - an international series: United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2010
INTRODUCTION: The UK National Health Service (NHS) is essentially publicly funded through general taxation. Challenges facing the NHS include the rise in prevalence of long-term conditions and financial pressures.
Allison Worth, Mark Levy, Worth, Allison, Levy, Mark L., Fletcher, Monica, Pinnock, Hilary, Aziz Sheikh, Monica Fletcher, Hilary Pinnock, Pinnock, Hilary; id_orcid, Hoskins, Gaylor, Levy, Mark, Gaylor Hoskins, Sheikh, Aziz, Levy, Mark L   +14 more
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Sustaining the rural primary healthcare workforce: survey of healthcare professionals in the Scottish Highlands. [PDF]

, 2005
INTRODUCTION: Many westernised countries face ongoing difficulties in the recruitment and retention of health professionals in remote and rural communities.
Selvaraj, Sivasubramaniam, Richards, Helen M, Farmer, Jane   +2 more
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