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Practice change in chronic conditions care: an appraisal of theories
(BioMed Central, 2017-02-28)
Background
Management of chronic conditions can be complex and burdensome for patients and complex and costly for health systems. Outcomes could be improved and costs reduced if proven clinical interventions were better ...
Observation of the extent of smoking in a mental health inpatient facility with a smoke-free policy
(BioMed Central, 2014-03)
Background
People with a mental illness experience a higher burden of smoking-related disease. Smoke-free policies in mental health facilities provide an opportunity to reduce smoking-related harms for patients and staff ...
Educating for interprofessional practice: moving from knowing to being, is it the final piece of the puzzle?
(BioMed Central, 2017-01-06)
Background
Professional socialisation and identity arise from interactions occurring within university-based interprofessional education, and workplace-based interprofessional practice experience. However, it is unclear ...
Improving the network management of integrated primary mental healthcare for older people in a rural Australian region: protocol for a mixed methods case study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2014-09-16)
Introduction: An integrated approach to the mental
healthcare of older people is advocated across health,
aged care and social care sectors. It is not clear,
however, how the management of integrated servicing
should occur, ...
The health and wellbeing needs of veterans: a rapid review
(BMC, 2017-12-29)
Background: For the majority of serving members, life in the military has a positive effect on wellbeing. However,
the type, intensity and duration of service, along with the transition from fulltime military to civilian ...
Care planning for consumers on community treatment orders: an integrative literature review
(BioMed Central, 2016-11-16)
Background: Case management is the established model for care provision in mental health and is delivered within current care philosophies of person-centred and recovery-oriented care. The fact that people with a mental ...
Capabilities for supporting prevention and chronic condition self-management: a resource for educators of primary health care professionals
(Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, 2009)
The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, through the Australian Better Health Initiative (ABHI), determined that education and training of the existing and future health workforce was a key element in ...
Habit or addiction: the critical tension in deciding who should enforce hospital smoke-free policies
(Canadian Medical Association, 2011)
Tobacco use is the single most preventable
cause of disease, disability and
death. Most recently, the US Surgeon
General has affirmed that there is no safe level
of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.
The adverse ...
Disability Employment Services in Australia: a brief primer
(Cambridge University Press, 2013-05-28)
This review aims to highlight how the chronic condition self-management support (CCSMS) field might inform and enhance the skills of the disability employment services (DES) workforce, particularly in it interactions with ...
Does starting with the behavioural component of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) increase patients' retention in therapy?
(Cambridge University Press, 2012)
This study examined whether starting with the behavioural component of cognitive
behavioural therapy (CBT) decreases the drop-out rate in outpatients with
comorbid anxiety and depression. Retrospective data were collected ...