OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Primary Health Care Research and Development is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

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
Association between cardiopulmonary function, health-related quality of life and cognitive impairment among the older nursing home residents in Shanghai, China	28
Biographical continuation: recovery of stroke survivors and their family caregivers in Taiwan	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
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
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
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
Environmental house calls can reduce symptoms of chemical intolerance: a demonstration of personalized exposure medicine	13
Person-centred integrated primary care for refugees: a mixed-methods, stepped wedge design study to assess the impact	12
The current state of primary healthcare in Pakistan: a way forward for low-to-middle income countries	12
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
The unrevealed links: periodontal health, human milk composition, and infant gut microbiome dynamics	11
‘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
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
Determination of the association between the levels of physical activity and cognitive perceptions of physicians and the frequency of family doctors prescribing exercise	9
Assessing the feasibility of a pre-triage photo and questionnaire protocol in GP triage: a quality improvement study	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

A CBT-based training module for UK health visitors who support parents with excessively crying babies: development and initial evaluation	3
Self-perceived nutrition competence of primary care physicians in Singapore: a cross-sectional study	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
Breastfeeding self-efficacy status and determinant factors among postnatal women in public hospitals of the Gurage Zone, Central Ethiopia: a mixed study design	3
Long-term catheter management in the community: a population-based analysis of user characteristics, service utilisation and costs in England	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
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
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
Caregiver lived experiences attempting to follow safe sleep recommendations to sleep their baby in a cot: a qualitative directed content analysis	3
Understanding post-COVID syndrome in healthcare workers: lessons for future pandemic response	3
Strategies for improving access to primary care services for homeless immigrants in England: a Delphi study	3
Challenges in recruitment and implementation of intervention studies including migrants	3
The roles and challenges of the primary health care systems in epidemic management: a scoping review	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
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
The role of occupational therapy in primary care mental health services: a short report	3
Exploring health worker absenteeism at public healthcare facilities in Chhattisgarh, India	3
Young women’s perceptions of cervical screening in the UK: a qualitative study	3
Navigating the national rollout: examining Primary Care Network link workers and the integration of local social prescribing models in Redbridge	3
Midwives’ experiences of care provision in refugee camps under the guidelines of the ORAMMA project: a qualitative study	3
PURE PRIME: Implementing PUlmonary REhabilitation in PRIMary carE: a protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial	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
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