OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Primary Health Care Research and Development is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Health promotion in an Australian Aboriginal community: the Growing Strong Brains^® toolkit	25
Biographical continuation: recovery of stroke survivors and their family caregivers in Taiwan	22
Association between cardiopulmonary function, health-related quality of life and cognitive impairment among the older nursing home residents in Shanghai, China	18
Survey protocol: implementing Workload Indicators of Staffing Need in Iranian primary healthcare services	17
Building and changing business models: a qualitative study among Dutch physiotherapy primary healthcare organisations	16
Assessing the job preferences of senior medical students for mandatory service: a discrete choice experiment	14
Training and development experiences of nursing associate trainees based in primary care across England: a qualitative study	12
Reforms and innovations in primary health care in different countries: scoping review	12
Pain management in infant immunisation: A cross-sectional survey of UK primary care nurses	11
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	10
Access to episodic primary care: a cross-sectional comparison of walk-in clinics and urgent primary care centers in British Columbia	10
The current state of primary healthcare in Pakistan: a way forward for low-to-middle income countries	9
Diagnosis of acute cystitis in primary care: symptom-based versus urinalysis-based diagnosis	9
How persons with systemic mastocytosis describe the time between symptom onset and receiving diagnosis	9
Early structured communication between general practitioner, sick-listed patient, and employer: Results and lessons learned from a pragmatic trial in the Capacity Note project	9
Environmental house calls can reduce symptoms of chemical intolerance: a demonstration of personalized exposure medicine	8
Developing weight navigation program to support personalized and effective obesity management in primary care settings: protocol for a quality improvement program with an embedded single-arm pilot stu	8
Awareness and attitudes toward epilepsy among medical students and interns in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	7
Person-centred integrated primary care for refugees: a mixed-methods, stepped wedge design study to assess the impact	7
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	7
Dementia-related continuing education for rural interprofessional primary health care in Saskatchewan, Canada: perceptions and needs of webinar participants	7
Achieving the potential of mHealth in medicine requires challenging the ethos of care delivery	7
‘They’re all individuals, none of them are on the same boat’: barriers to weight management in general practice from the rural nurse perspective	6
Speaking the same language – a scoping review to identify the terminology associated with social prescribing	6
The unrevealed links: periodontal health, human milk composition, and infant gut microbiome dynamics	6

Research progress of health care in Yemeni children during the war: review	6
Reflections on China’s primary care response to COVID-19: roles, limitations and implications	6
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	6
Diagnostic process of cancer in a health system without gatekeeping: a single centre survey analysis	6
Introduction of specialized heart failure nurses in primary care and its impact on readmissions	6
The healthcare experiences of rural-living Canadians with and without a primary care provider: a qualitative analysis of open-ended cross-sectional survey responses	6
Reduction of anxiety symptoms among women within a collaborative care model and women’s health settings	6
Health professionals’ use of smartphone apps for clients with low back pain: an observational study	5
Working in hospitals during a pandemic: investigating the resilience among medical staff during COVID-19 outbreak through qualitative and quantitative research	5
Development of a tool to support general practitioners to help adolescents with knee pain: an analysis using the Theoretical Domains Framework	5
Healthy and unhealthy eating after a behaviour change intervention in primary care	5
Providers’ experience on essential health services in primary healthcare units of Ethiopia during COVID-19: a qualitative study on impact and response	5
Advancing multimorbidity management in primary care: a narrative review	5
Diagnostic accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire 2 (PHQ-2) in Qatar’s primary care settings	5
Agreement and consistency in the triaging of musculoskeletal primary care referrals by vetting clinicians using a knowledge-based triage tool	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
Novel educational strategies to improve the telemedicine clinical skills of medical students	5
Chronic pain–mental health comorbidity and excess prevalence of health risk behaviours: a cross-sectional study	5
The incentivized drug information services among community pharmacists: a multi-centre cross-sectional study in Indonesia	5
Perceptions of primary care services among Afro-Peruvians in Lima, Peru	5
Engaging community pharmacists in tuberculosis-directly observed treatment: a mixed-methods study	5
Scoping review of outpatient health services utilization among women	5
A scoping review exploring reablement models of training and client assessment for older people in primary health care	4
A qualitative examination of the implementation of a perinatal collaborative care program	4
Electronic referral system policy analysis: a qualitative study in the context of Iran	4
Evaluation of the introduction of a single-lead ECG device and digital cardiologist consultation platform among general practitioners in the Netherlands	4
Primary care practice-based interventions and their effect on participation in population-based cancer screening programs: a systematic narrative review	4
Social prescription for the elderly: a community-based scoping review	4
Pilot test of Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary care (CRISP)	4
Evaluating physical activities in clinical diabetes: lifestyle scores hypothesis	4
What factors empower general practitioners for early cancer diagnosis? A 20-country European Delphi Study	4
Self-perceived nutrition competence of primary care physicians in Singapore: a cross-sectional study	3
Do family physicians perceive electronic cigarette use as a harm reduction strategy for smokers? A survey from Istanbul	3
Understanding factors affecting implementation success and sustainability of a comprehensive prevention program for cardiovascular disease in primary health care: a qualitative process evaluation stud	3
National electronic primary health care database in monitoring performance of primary care in Kyrgyzstan	3
The health of detainees and the role of primary care: Position paper of the European Forum for Primary Care	3
Does improving indoor air quality lessen symptoms associated with chemical intolerance?	3
Exploring health worker absenteeism at public healthcare facilities in Chhattisgarh, India	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
Primary care and COVID-19	3
Perspectives towards cultural competence and receptivity to cultural competence training: a qualitative study on healthcare professionals	3
Postpartum family planning attitudes among Turkish women: development of a reliable and valid scale	3
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	3
Measures to prevent nosocomial transmissions of COVID-19 based on interpersonal contact data	3
A qualitative exploration of Gestalt therapy and systemic pedagogy paediatric primary healthcare consultations in Agramunt (Spain)	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
Young women’s perceptions of cervical screening in the UK: a qualitative study	3
Developing Iranian sub-national Primary Health Care Measurement Framework: a study protocol	3
A model proposal for qualitative data analysis, interpretation, and reporting: contextuality, reflectivity, and narrativity	3
Peer-led digital health lifestyle intervention for a low-income community at risk for cardiovascular diseases (MYCardio-PEER): a quasi-experimental study protocol	3

Turnover intentions among rural-oriented medical students in Western China: a constructivist grounded theory study	3
The impact of COVID-19 on referrals among general practitioners and specialists in Shanghai, China	3
Committed leadership: a prerequisite for successful implementation of recovery during the workday	3
Primary health care workers perspective towards cancer in Fiji: a qualitative study	3
Stakeholders’ perspectives on facilitative supervision implementation in north-western Ghana: an exploration of adherence and quality of primary healthcare	3
Utilizing primary care to engage underserved patients in a psychological intervention for chronic pain	3
Take home messages from the implementation of the primary health care measurement and improvement (PHCMI) initiative in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR)	2
Randomised controlled trial of lifestyle interventions for abdominal obesity in primary health care	2
Infection preparedness of community health workers: implications for maternal and neonatal health services in Pakistan	2
Clinical psychologists’ perceptions of telephone consultation for low-income patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interview study	2
Amigos de Fibro (Fibro Friends): validation of an e-book to promote health in fibromyalgia	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
Feasibility of utilizing the Modified Centor Criteria in adult virtual care	2
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)	2
Cultural competence training of dieticians: development and preliminary evaluation	2
Strategies for improving access to primary care services for homeless immigrants in England: a Delphi study	2
Enabling primary healthcare service development with patient participation: a qualitative study of the internal facilitator role in Norway	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
Assessment of the real-world impact of the Thai smoking cessation programme on clinical outcomes: protocol for a multicentre prospective observational study	2
Strengthening primary health care: contributions of young professional-led communities of practice	2
Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of family physicians about childhood vaccinations that are not in the routine vaccination schedule: a cross-sectional study	2
Clinicians’ experiences with cancer patients living longer with incurable cancer: a focus group study in the Netherlands	2
Pursuing the efficient operation of the primary healthcare hospitals in Thailand through efficiency assessment using the data envelopment analysis method	2
TOPSE for babies in Norwegian: examining the reliability of a tool to measure parenting self-efficacy	2
Feasibility of a home-designed respiratory rehabilitation program for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	2
Parental childhood vaccine hesitancy and predicting uptake of vaccinations: a systematic review	2
A CBT-based training module for UK health visitors who support parents with excessively crying babies: development and initial evaluation	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
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding vaccination among community pharmacists	2
How should policymakers, funders, and research teams mobilize to build the evidence base on universal early years services?	2
COVID-19 disease severity to predict persistent symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Strategies to address non-communicable diseases in the Commonwealth of Independent States countries: a scoping review	2
The roles and challenges of the primary health care systems in epidemic management: a scoping review	2
Long-term catheter management in the community: a population-based analysis of user characteristics, service utilisation and costs in England	2
Occupational therapy services in primary care: a scoping review	1
Assessing primary healthcare disaster preparedness: a study in Northern Italy	1
Making community pharmacies psychologically informed environments (PIE): a feasibility study to improve engagement with people using drug services in Scotland	1
Continuum of care in maternal and child health in Indonesia	1
Evaluation of health-promoting self-care behaviors in hypertensive patients with concomitant chronic kidney disease in primary care	1
Discretion and local health policy implementation: street-level bureaucrats and integrative and complementary therapies in Santos’ local health units	1
Trustful conversations: a qualitative interview study on older patients’ experiences of the intervention Proactive healthcare in a Swedish primary care setting	1
Screening for depression as part of annual diabetic review using PHQ-9 scores: a pilot study	1
Amigos de Fibro (Fibro Friends): development of an educational program for the health promotion of fibromyalgia patients	1
Mental and physical health profile of Syrian resettled refugees	1
Different definitions of multimorbidity and their effect on prevalence rates: a retrospective study in German general practices	1
Exploring readiness for implementing goal-oriented care in primary care using normalization process theory	1
Effectiveness of caregiver-mediated intervention: a pilot study for children with neurodevelopmental disorders	1
Dignity encounters: the experiences of people with long-term illnesses and their close relatives within a primary healthcare setting	1
Patient and primary care practitioners’ perspectives on consultations for fibromyalgia: a qualitative evidence synthesis	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
Organization of primary care	1
Beliefs about illness: comparing foreign- and native-born persons with type 2 diabetes living in Sweden in a cross-sectional survey	1
PTSD and challenges among older Chinese in Shenzhen during COVID-19 pandemic: Trust in authority and medical professionals as moderators	1
Developing theoretically underpinned primary care resources for patients with asthma: an exemplar from the IMP²ART trial	1
Saving lives by asking questions: nurses’ experiences of suicide risk assessment in telephone counselling in primary health care	1
Exploring public health nurses’ acceptability of clinical assessment tools in a Norwegian child health centre	1
Roadmap for large-scale implementation of point-of-care testing in primary care in Central and Eastern European countries: the Hungarian experience	1
The impact of alternate nostril breathing on the severity and frequency of migraine attacks: a randomized control trial	1
Analysis of deprescription strategies of proton pump inhibitors in primary care: a narrative review	1
Evaluating the implementation of online research training and mentorship among early-career family physicians in sub-Saharan Africa	1
Patients’ and professionals’ experiences with remote care during COVID-19: a qualitative study in general practices in low-income neighborhoods	1
Physical activity and sedentary time after lifestyle interventions at the Norwegian Healthy Life Centres	1
Dementia and primary care teams: obstacles to the implementation of Portugal’s Dementia Strategy	1
Barriers and facilitators influencing midwives’ implementation of South Africa’s maternal care guidelines in postnatal health: a scoping review	1