Primary Health Care Research and Development

Article	Citations
Barriers to accessing eye care in Pakistan: a mixed methods study	37
Survey protocol: implementing Workload Indicators of Staffing Need in Iranian primary healthcare services	32
Biographical continuation: recovery of stroke survivors and their family caregivers in Taiwan	28
Association between cardiopulmonary function, health-related quality of life and cognitive impairment among the older nursing home residents in Shanghai, China	28
Assessing psychological antecedents of vaccination in family health center visitors	24
Training and development experiences of nursing associate trainees based in primary care across England: a qualitative study	21
Access to episodic primary care: a cross-sectional comparison of walk-in clinics and urgent primary care centers in British Columbia	20
Could self-reported physical performance help predict individuals at the highest risk of mortality and hospital admission events in clinical practice? Findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study	19
Reforms and innovations in primary health care in different countries: scoping review	17
Pain management in infant immunisation: A cross-sectional survey of UK primary care nurses	17
Assessing the job preferences of senior medical students for mandatory service: a discrete choice experiment	15
Early structured communication between general practitioner, sick-listed patient, and employer: Results and lessons learned from a pragmatic trial in the Capacity Note project	14
Vaccination in infected children: a qualitative study of clinical decision-making	14
Assessing the job preferences of public health specialist doctors: a discrete choice experiment	14
Environmental house calls can reduce symptoms of chemical intolerance: a demonstration of personalized exposure medicine	13
Early detection efforts for colorectal and prostate cancer from the patient’s perspective over the course of 12 years: results of the KABOT survey study	13
The current state of primary healthcare in Pakistan: a way forward for low-to-middle income countries	12
Person-centred integrated primary care for refugees: a mixed-methods, stepped wedge design study to assess the impact	12
The unrevealed links: periodontal health, human milk composition, and infant gut microbiome dynamics	11
Smartphone addiction and health promotion lifestyle in university students: a cross-sectional analytical study	11
An educational video to promote the use of stigma-free language by primary care clinicians in interactions with adults with type 2 diabetes: a qualitative study	11
Are remote health clinics primary health care focused? Validation of the Primary Health Care Engagement (PHCE) Scale for the Australian remote primary health care setting	10
The healthcare experiences of rural-living Canadians with and without a primary care provider: a qualitative analysis of open-ended cross-sectional survey responses	10
‘Midlife care to migrant women: primary healthcare providers’ beliefs about barriers and facilitators’	10
Speaking the same language – a scoping review to identify the terminology associated with social prescribing	10

‘They’re all individuals, none of them are on the same boat’: barriers to weight management in general practice from the rural nurse perspective	10
Diagnostic process of cancer in a health system without gatekeeping: a single centre survey analysis	10
Chronic pain–mental health comorbidity and excess prevalence of health risk behaviours: a cross-sectional study	10
Assessing the feasibility of a pre-triage photo and questionnaire protocol in GP triage: a quality improvement study	9
Determination of the association between the levels of physical activity and cognitive perceptions of physicians and the frequency of family doctors prescribing exercise	9
Community Health Centres as a model of care: contextualizing for Europe – a Delphi study	8
From silos to synergy: assessing tuberculosis basic management units readiness for integrated diabetes mellitus care across different districts of Pakistan	8
Health professionals’ use of smartphone apps for clients with low back pain: an observational study	7
Discrepancies in the register of primary health care visits: a 6-year time series study from Finland	7
Perceptions of deprescribing for patients with limited life expectancy in primary care	7
The incentivized drug information services among community pharmacists: a multi-centre cross-sectional study in Indonesia	7
Improving oral health service delivery: the patient perspective	7
Self-management interventions in primary care practices in France between 2010 and 2022: a descriptive national study	7
Development of a tool to support general practitioners to help adolescents with knee pain: an analysis using the Theoretical Domains Framework	7
Agreement and consistency in the triaging of musculoskeletal primary care referrals by vetting clinicians using a knowledge-based triage tool	7
Self-care practices for puerperal sepsis prevention and their determinants among postpartum women: a community-based cross-sectional study in Halaba Town, Central Ethiopia	7
Reduction of anxiety symptoms among women within a collaborative care model and women’s health settings	7
Providers’ experience on essential health services in primary healthcare units of Ethiopia during COVID-19: a qualitative study on impact and response	6
Entering a liminal state when becoming a social prescribing link worker and how it affects retention: findings from a UK qualitative study	6
Perceptions of primary care services among Afro-Peruvians in Lima, Peru	6
‘They’re waiting for us to break before they listen’: healthcare workers’ perspectives on how to mitigate moral distress in British Columbia, Canada	6
Novel educational strategies to improve the telemedicine clinical skills of medical students	6
From acute to chronic: the PREVENT protocol for understanding pain progression after emergency department visits	6
Pilot test of Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary care (CRISP)	5
Electronic referral system policy analysis: a qualitative study in the context of Iran	5
Primary care practice-based interventions and their effect on participation in population-based cancer screening programs: a systematic narrative review	5
Committed leadership: a prerequisite for successful implementation of recovery during the workday	5
Evaluation of the introduction of a single-lead ECG device and digital cardiologist consultation platform among general practitioners in the Netherlands	5
Engaging community pharmacists in tuberculosis-directly observed treatment: a mixed-methods study	5
Investigating factors influencing recruitment and retention of adult community nurses: an exploratory qualitative study across NHS trusts in England	5
Evaluating physical activities in clinical diabetes: lifestyle scores hypothesis	5
General practitioner and nurse experiences of type 2 diabetes management and prescribing in primary care: a qualitative review following the introduction of funded SGLT2i/GLP1RA medications in Aotearo	5
Scoping review of outpatient health services utilization among women	5
Social determinants of health and family planning: impact of food and financial insecurity on contraceptive use and pregnancy intention	4
Perceptions of primary care among medical students in Lima, Peru: a cross-sectional study in two universities	4
Turnover intentions among rural-oriented medical students in Western China: a constructivist grounded theory study	4
Task-shifting and the recruitment and retention of eye care workers in under-served areas: a qualitative study of optometrists’ motivation in Ghana and Scotland	4
A qualitative exploration of Gestalt therapy and systemic pedagogy paediatric primary healthcare consultations in Agramunt (Spain)	4
Factors contributing to uncontrolled hypertension in Ekurhuleni District, South Africa: the community health workers’ perspectives. A qualitative analysis	4
Access to routine primary healthcare and past-year dental visits: results from the 2017–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	4
Husband’s knowledge on partner’s reproductive rights and its associated factors in central Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study	4
The impact of COVID-19 on referrals among general practitioners and specialists in Shanghai, China	4
Peer-led digital health lifestyle intervention for a low-income community at risk for cardiovascular diseases (MYCardio-PEER): a quasi-experimental study protocol	4
Social prescription for the elderly: a community-based scoping review	4
Experiences of self-identification, diagnosis and support for adults seeking a recognition of tic disorders in the United Kingdom	4
Understanding factors affecting implementation success and sustainability of a comprehensive prevention program for cardiovascular disease in primary health care: a qualitative process evaluation stud	4
Postpartum family planning attitudes among Turkish women: development of a reliable and valid scale	4
Perspectives towards cultural competence and receptivity to cultural competence training: a qualitative study on healthcare professionals	4
Take home messages from the implementation of the primary health care measurement and improvement (PHCMI) initiative in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR)	3
A model proposal for qualitative data analysis, interpretation, and reporting: contextuality, reflectivity, and narrativity	3

Understanding post-COVID syndrome in healthcare workers: lessons for future pandemic response	3
Challenges in recruitment and implementation of intervention studies including migrants	3
Exploring health worker absenteeism at public healthcare facilities in Chhattisgarh, India	3
Cannabis use experience of patients with chronic disease after revisions to the cannabis legalization regulations: a mixed-methods study in primary care settings in the south of Thailand	3
Navigating the national rollout: examining Primary Care Network link workers and the integration of local social prescribing models in Redbridge	3
PURE PRIME: Implementing PUlmonary REhabilitation in PRIMary carE: a protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial	3
Feasibility of a home-designed respiratory rehabilitation program for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	3
Evaluation and dynamic evolution of maternal and child health services in township health centers in ethnic minority areas of Guangxi, China	3
The role of occupational therapy in primary care mental health services: a short report	3
Young women’s perceptions of cervical screening in the UK: a qualitative study	3
Midwives’ experiences of care provision in refugee camps under the guidelines of the ORAMMA project: a qualitative study	3
Food hygiene practice and associated factors among food handlers working in food establishments in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
A CBT-based training module for UK health visitors who support parents with excessively crying babies: development and initial evaluation	3
World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (WONCA) Europe position paper on the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)	3
Long-term catheter management in the community: a population-based analysis of user characteristics, service utilisation and costs in England	3
TOPSE for babies in Norwegian: examining the reliability of a tool to measure parenting self-efficacy	3
Preventing decompensation among multimorbid outpatients in residential care: a cohort study with a six-month follow-up to prevent decompensation among multimorbid outpatients in residential care	3
Utilizing primary care to engage underserved patients in a psychological intervention for chronic pain	3
The decision-making processes of UK general practice nurse prescribers when managing acute illness in patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: a qualitative study using think aloud and staged vi	3
Self-perceived nutrition competence of primary care physicians in Singapore: a cross-sectional study	3
Breastfeeding self-efficacy status and determinant factors among postnatal women in public hospitals of the Gurage Zone, Central Ethiopia: a mixed study design	3
A multifaceted provider-centred intervention versus usual care to improve the recognition and diagnosis of depression in primary health care: a hybrid study	3
Caregiver lived experiences attempting to follow safe sleep recommendations to sleep their baby in a cot: a qualitative directed content analysis	3
Strategies for improving access to primary care services for homeless immigrants in England: a Delphi study	3
The roles and challenges of the primary health care systems in epidemic management: a scoping review	3
Sex differences in chest pain presentation, triage assessment, and outcomes in urgent primary care: findings from the TRACE cohort study	3
Cultural competence training of dieticians: development and preliminary evaluation	3
Primary health care professionals’ experiences of using the Tilburg Frailty Indicator: an interview study	2
Multidimensional advice networks in primary health care	2
MassCas tabletop game as a training tool in mass casualty incidents for primary healthcare doctors and nurses: a pilot study	2
‘I’m a bit of a champion for it actually’: qualitative insights into practitioner-supported self-collection cervical screening among early adopting Victorian practitioners in Australia	2
Clinical psychologists’ perceptions of telephone consultation for low-income patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interview study	2
Stigma-driven bypassing of ART services in Northern Ghana: a qualitative case study	2
Severity of migraine-like symptoms and its impact on executive functions in university students: a mediation model analysis	2
Feasibility of utilizing the Modified Centor Criteria in adult virtual care	2
Primary health care in Austria: qualitative analysis of requirements and challenges in interprofessional collaboration from the perspective of health care and social professionals	2
Developing theoretically underpinned primary care resources for patients with asthma: an exemplar from the IMP2ART trial	2
‘But who’s gonna listen?’ A qualitative study of voicing experiences of healthcare in provincial correctional facilities in Ontario, Canada	2
Exploring readiness for implementing goal-oriented care in primary care using normalization process theory	2
District-level maternal and child health index in Uttar Pradesh: a GIS-based analysis using AHP-TOPSIS on NFHS-5 data	2
Person-centred, community-oriented, and diversity sensitive primary care for migrants; a EFPC position paper	2
Understanding primary care provider perspectives of the implementation of an integrated diabetes and mental health care solution	2
How should policymakers, funders, and research teams mobilize to build the evidence base on universal early years services?	2
Changes in knowledge, skills, and confidence following a training program for primary care physiotherapists and exercise physiologists in pulmonary rehabilitation: a pre-post study	2
The Turkish validity and reliability study of the Chronic Conditions Physician–Patient Relationship Scale in family medicine practice	2
Amigos de Fibro (Fibro Friends): validation of an e-book to promote health in fibromyalgia	2
Stakeholder’s experience on financial incentive-based regulatory instruments for public-private partnership in developing countries: a study from Iran’s primary health care delivery system	2
Recruiting patients with persistent physical symptoms and no specific diagnosis for clinical trials in primary care: a qualitative study of four scenarios	2
District nurses’ experiences of giving initial health care assessment to young adults applying for mental illness in primary care: a qualitative interview study	2
Implementation drivers scale: a new implementation measure to reduce mental health gaps	2
Occupational therapy services in primary care: a scoping review	2
Exploring public health nurses’ acceptability of clinical assessment tools in a Norwegian child health centre	2
Risk factors for decompensation among multimorbid patients: analysis of a French Cohort with a 24-month follow-up	2
Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of family physicians about childhood vaccinations that are not in the routine vaccination schedule: a cross-sectional study	2
Developing a Weight Management and Metabolic Health Program to support patient-centred, effective, and efficient treatment for veterans with overweight or obesity: protocol for a quality improvement p	2
Clinicians’ experiences with cancer patients living longer with incurable cancer: a focus group study in the Netherlands	2
Mental health of rural doctors and influencing factors in Hebei, China	2
Enabling primary healthcare service development with patient participation: a qualitative study of the internal facilitator role in Norway	2
Pursuing the efficient operation of the primary healthcare hospitals in Thailand through efficiency assessment using the data envelopment analysis method	2
Optimizing people’s movement across the health system: a scoping review of referral systems within a primary health care approach	2
Randomised controlled trial of lifestyle interventions for abdominal obesity in primary health care	2
Measuring contraceptive self-efficacy in women: the Turkish validity and reliability study	2
Patient and caregiver use of patient portal features in primary care: a cross-sectional survey study of Ontarians	2
Assessing primary healthcare disaster preparedness: a study in Northern Italy	2
Life satisfaction and subjective well-being in urban slums of Gorakhpur, India: psychometric validation of the satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) and socio-demographic assessment	2
Evaluating the impact of a pilot social prescribing service for the armed forces community	1
Capturing factors associated with frailty using routinely collected electronic medical record data in British Columbia, Canada, primary care settings	1
General practitioner preferences for telehealth consultations in Australia: a pilot survey and discrete choice experiment	1
The impact of telemedicine on physician time invested in primary care: a large population-based descriptive study	1
Assessing inhabitants’ satisfaction and service needs: a cross-sectional survey of primary care service in Jiangsu Province, China	1
Patient and primary care practitioners’ perspectives on consultations for fibromyalgia: a qualitative evidence synthesis	1
Recall bias affects pain and depression assessment in multimorbidity: a pilot study	1
Nurses’ experiences of competence development in home care	1
Primary healthcare as a strategy for eliminating hepatitis C: the METRIC toolkit	1
Smoking cessation program preferences of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative study	1
Conceptualizing National Advisory Boards in primary care research: application to the Two in One HIV and COVID screening and testing model	1
Family physicians’ approach to hoarseness: a qualitative study	1
Factors influencing an intention to use intrauterine device among family planning users in Southwestern Ethiopia	1
The impact of alternate nostril breathing on the severity and frequency of migraine attacks: a randomized control trial	1
Beliefs about illness: comparing foreign- and native-born persons with type 2 diabetes living in Sweden in a cross-sectional survey	1

Service evaluation of ‘GP at Door’ of accident and emergency services in Eastern England	1
Challenges to women’s cancer control in Morocco: a qualitative study of lay advisors and civil society perspectives	1
Barriers and facilitators influencing midwives’ implementation of South Africa’s maternal care guidelines in postnatal health: a scoping review	1
Translation and cultural adaptation of evidence-informed leaflets on the work–health interface: a pragmatic approach to cultural adaptation	1
Identifying the training needs of Australian primary health professionals to support early childhood obesity prevention: a mixed methods study	1
Improving frequency and content of referral correspondence between general practitioners and psychiatrists: a cross-sectional descriptive study	1
The impact of primary care funding on health inequalities: an umbrella review	1
Healthy lifestyle promotion via digital self-help for mental health patients in primary care: a pilot study including an embedded randomized recruitment trial	1
Patients’ and professionals’ experiences with remote care during COVID-19: a qualitative study in general practices in low-income neighborhoods	1
Free cessation aids and enhanced support for smoking cessation in disadvantaged smokers: a qualitative study of patient and provider insights	1
Barriers to health care access and utilization among aged indigents under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme (LEAP): the perspective of users and service providers in north-western G	1
Health system-related barriers to prenatal care management in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the qualitative literature	1
Evaluating the implementation of online research training and mentorship among early-career family physicians in sub-Saharan Africa	1
The role of primary health care in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in 30 European countries: a retrospective descriptive study (Eurodata study)	1
Screening for depression as part of annual diabetic review using PHQ-9 scores: a pilot study	1
National pilot of innovative early years skill mix working in five Start for Life sites in England: study protocol	1
Home self-management experience of gynaecological tumour patients with lower limb lymphoedema: a qualitative study	1
Knowledge and perceptions of obesity care among general practice nurses in the Republic of Ireland	1
Physical activity and sedentary time after lifestyle interventions at the Norwegian Healthy Life Centres	1
Primary health care reforms: a scoping review	1
Life, death, and statins: association of statin prescriptions and survival in older general practice patients	1
Changes in the smoking status of primary care professionals and their association with rates of tobacco treatment delivery: the TiTAN Greece & Cyprus tobacco dependence treatment training programm	1
PTSD and challenges among older Chinese in Shenzhen during COVID-19 pandemic: Trust in authority and medical professionals as moderators	1
‘I can contribute so much more but you have to untie my hands’ – a qualitative study of COVID-19 pandemic impacts on community pharmacist practice: lessons and future direct	1
Validation of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score and development of a country-specific diabetes prediction model for Turkey	1
Factors that influence the use of direct access to allied health professionals in the Netherlands	1
A pilot study to evaluate the quality of care in oral anticoagulant and antiplatelet use in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation in Irish general practice	1
Analysis of deprescription strategies of proton pump inhibitors in primary care: a narrative review	1
Assessing knowledge and lifestyle behaviours for hypertension management among adults in urban Ghana: a cross-sectional study	1
Acceptability and appropriateness of remote monitoring and self-administered pulse oximetry among COVID-19 patients in Honduras: a mixed-methods study	1
Bridging the first-aid knowledge gap: a cross-sectional study of medical scope students in Syria	1
An innovative nurse practitioner-led service for children from families living in housing instability	1
Considering family trees as a useful tool in family medicine: a systematic review	1
Continuum of care in maternal and child health in Indonesia	1
A scoping review of guidelines and resources to promote evidence based prescribing for older people with sensory impairment	1
Trustful conversations: a qualitative interview study on older patients’ experiences of the intervention Proactive healthcare in a Swedish primary care setting	1
Iranian primary health care network: challenges and ways forward	1
Making community pharmacies psychologically informed environments (PIE): a feasibility study to improve engagement with people using drug services in Scotland	1
The community pharmacists’ opinion regarding pharmacist as immunizers for expanding their role and service in Thailand	1
PURE PRIME: Implementing pulmonary rehabilitation in primary care: a protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial – CORRIGENDUM	1