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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"primary care practitioners"”.
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Primary care practitioners' knowledge, attitudes and current practice in managing oral health conditions
Background: Primary care practitioners are at the forefront of the health service and therefore have an opportunity to promote oral health, manage certain oral conditions, or refer appropriately to the closest dental service. In under-resourced areas, patients are more likely to present initially …
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TALKING ABOUT 'PUBLIC HEALTH' An exploration of the public health roles of primary care practitioners in England
… 'shift the balance of power' to the frontline. Primary care is an increasingly important aspect of the Government's new agenda, which aims to improve health for everyone, and for the worst off in particular. This thesis identifies general practice, and the core practitioners that work within it, …
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Travel Distance, Rurality and Area Socioeconomic Position As Predictors of Screening Colonoscopy Use Among Patients Who Get Access to Primary Care Practitioners
… cause of death in United States. Medical care is a tremendous burden for cancer patients. It is well established that colorectal cancer screening is cost effective and life saving. Recent guidelines by the American Cancer Society (ACS) recommend that adults aged over 50 years receive …
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The effectiveness of a multifocal training to improve the treatment of community-acquired MRSA skin and soft tissue infections
Practitioners and researchers have documented an increase in community-acquired methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). This increase is causing stress and concern for the individuals infected and the families of those infected. The impact of a …
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Identifying the major issues of rural osteopathic practice from the practitioner's perspective
The lack of appropriate healthcare services in rural areas has been well documented. As osteopaths are primary care practitioners, they can play a significant role in primary health care in geographic areas where there is a shortage of health care practitioners. Until now, there has been no …
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Designing behavioral health integration in primary care : a practical outcomes-based framework
… to be the most frequent utilizers of the health care system. The US health care system, with fragmented behavioral and medical health care sectors, is unable to effectively meet the complex needs of high-need patients. This results in high health care utilization, increased health care costs, and …
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MULTIFACTORIAL SCREENING FOR FALL RISK IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS IN THE PRIMARY CARE OFFICE: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE FALL RISK ASSESSMENT & SCREENING TOOL (FRAST)
… injury. Physical therapists (PTs) and other primary care practitioners (PCPs) caring for older adults are usually engaged with these patients after the first injury fall and may have little opportunity to abate fall risk before the injuries occur.</p> <p>Purpose: This manuscript describes the …
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MULTIFACTORIAL SCREENING FOR FALL RISK IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS IN THE PRIMARY CARE OFFICE: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE FALL RISK ASSESSMENT & SCREENING TOOL (FRAST)
… injury. Physical therapists (PTs) and other primary care practitioners (PCPs) caring for older adults are usually engaged with these patients after the first injury fall and may have little opportunity to abate fall risk before the injuries occur.</p> <p>Purpose: This manuscript describes the …
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Recovery in Year Two of Adults After Undergoing TKA and THA: Implications for Understanding Recovery, Care Delivery, and Referral to Community Exercise Programs
… and/or identify patients at risk of decline, and primary care practitioners need support to promote physical function recovery in patients after undergoing TKA or THA.
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Teaching a Primary Prevention Falls Program: Using the Stop Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) Toolkit
… placing large financial and social burdens. Primary care providers (PCPs) are not engaging in falls assessment and prevention activities due to the lack of knowledge and time. <strong><em>Context: </em></strong>Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries, and is projected to …
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Mental health policy implementation as an integral part of primary health care services in Oshana region, Namibia.
… communicable and life-threatening diseases. On primary health care level, there is either an absence of or fragmented mental health services. As a result, when patients suffering from common mental disorders visit the curative health services, delays are experienced in the identification and …
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Development of a pain management policy in and indigent clinic in Galveston, TX
… a student and nurse practitioner-run indigent primary care clinic in Galveston, Texas, practitioners have historically avoided prescribing opioids for pain management. It was at their request that a MPH student investigate the possible efficacy of a doctor-patient opioid contract in similar …
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Evaluating the implementation of a paediatric allergy-training programme in urban primary care centres in Cape Town, South Africa
… these conditions. Inappropriate management in primary care, for instance, impacts patient quality of life and leads to increased health care costs, compounded by limited relevant learning opportunities for primary care practitioners (PCP). Studies in a South African context have demonstrated …
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MANAGEMENT OF YOUTH SPORT-RELATED CONCUSSION BY URBAN AND RURAL PRACTITIONERS: A PILOT STUDY
… validated survey was distributed to Michigan practitioners who sign off on SRC. The purpose of this study was to compare the management of SRC between urban and rural practitioners in the following critical areas: 1) practitioner demographics in urban and rural settings, 2) return-to-learn and …
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The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the triage of suspicious skin lesions and the detection of skin cancer in primary care clinical settings
… skin lesions and the detection of skin cancer in primary care clinical settings Background Skin cancers, including melanoma and the keratinocyte carcinomas (Basal Cell Carcinomas and Squamous Cell Carcinomas) are the most common cancers worldwide with rising incidence in most populations. Earlier …