General Practice and Primary Care
Promoting excellence in general practice and primary care through innovative research and effective links with the general practice community and the wider health care system.

Welcome
Professor Lena Sanci, Head of Department
General Practice and Primary Care began as a unit within the Department of Community Medicine in 1977 and in 2001 was established as a separate clinical department within the School of Medicine; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.
About Us
The Department of General Practice and Primary Care is committed to promoting excellence in general practice through outstanding teaching and learning, research and research training, and knowledge transfer though our strong links with the general practice community and primary health care networks.

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* Patron data comes from the 2024 Q3 Snapshot Report (to the end of Sept 2024)

Diversity and Inclusion
The Melbourne Medical School is proud to foster a vibrant and inclusive culture delivering initiatives that value and support diversity.

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Podcasts & Webinars
Explore the Department of General Practice and Primary Care suite of webinars and podcasts
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Newsletters
Newsletters from the Department of General Practice and Primary Care
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Seminars
Department of General Practice and Primary Care runs a weekly seminar series, every Wednesday, 1.00-2.00pm.
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Awards & Achievements
Awards and Achievements within our Department
Teaching
We teach core general practice skills to our Doctor of Medicine (MD) students throughout their degree and support Academic General Practice Registrars to learn research and medical education skills. We also train nurses in immunisation and primary care practice, and further our teaching excellence through ongoing research in medical education.
Whether you're just starting out or a seasoned professional, we have something to suit your needs and schedule. With the highest teaching evaluations in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences we are proud to offer our coursework and short course programs to our leaders and future leaders.
Honours
If you are interested in working with people and you would like to make a difference to the way primary care is delivered in the community, then this is the place for you!


Graduate Certificate in Primary Care Nursing
Our Graduate Certificate in Primary Care Nursing will extend and refine your clinical, leadership and critical thinking skills. Designed by experienced primary care nurses and GPs, this course delivers comprehensive and evidence-based education in chronic disease management and preventive health. Graduates of this course develop the capability and confidence to work collaboratively with GPs and other allied health professionals to optimise care for people and to improve health outcomes.
Nurse Immuniser
Gain the knowledge required to administer vaccines autonomously (subject to local legislation). The course is recognised in all states in Australia. Online, self-paced.


Master of Primary Health Care
Unlock your potential in primary health care research with the Master of Primary Health Care. This graduate course allows you to deep dive into a topic that you are passionate about, conducting a major research project under the guidance of experienced supervisors and an Advisory Committee. A course of supervised research will be designed to suit the individual requirements and interests of the student.
Master of Philosophy - Medicine
Master of Philosophy - (Medicine) is an internationally recognised masters by research degree designed for students to develop advanced skills in independent and sustained research on a particular topic under academic supervision. The graduate thesis should demonstrate a critical application of specialist knowledge and make an independent contribution to existing research in the field.


Doctor of Philosophy - Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
This PhD is an internationally recognised and highly transferable qualification designed for graduates to demonstrate academic leadership, independence, creativity and innovation in their research work. It demonstrates authority in the candidate's field and shows evidence of command of knowledge in relevant fields. The thesis must make a distinct contribution to knowledge and is judged on originality of approach and in some cases, the discovery of new facts.
Introducing a pathway to professional excellence with RACGP CPD
The Department of General Practice and Primary care is endorsed by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) to be your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) partner. Explore our range of available programs and benefit from our seamless integration of CPD into your daily work. Accruing CPD has never been easier. Embrace a fresh take on CPD and enrol today.

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Degrees
Our degrees, taught by our world-renowned academics are the perfect way to begin in the field of biomedical sciences.
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Short Courses
Our short courses are designed to keep you up to date with the latest research and information.
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Scholarships
The University and the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences offer an extensive range of scholarships and bursaries to undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students and students applying for graduate research study.
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Current Student Resources
Further information for all students in the Melbourne Medical School, including Doctor of Medicine students, plus links to University student resources.
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Primary Care Trials Unit
The Primary Care Trials Unit supports the development, conduct and analysis of high quality trials in primary health care and health services.
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Community Involvement
We work with communities and practitioners to improve the health care system, placing the person at the heart of healthcare and improving health outcomes
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Data for Decisions
Data for Decisions, incorporating the Patron program of research, is a University of Melbourne, Department of General Practice and Primary Care research initiative in partnership with general practices in Australia.
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Research Groups
An overview of the research interests within the department and the project work being carried out by our research groups.
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Graduate Research at MDHS
A resource for students and supervisors seeking up to date information about policies and procedures
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VicREN
Practice-based research and education networks, such as VicREN, enable collaborations between community-based health care practices, community members and academic institutions.
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Academic Registrar Posts
The Academic Registrar program supports general practice registrars learn academic skills through individualised learning plans supervised by senior primary care academic leaders.
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Dr Leon Carp Award
An annual award offered to general practitioners interested in undertaking research to advance the practice of primary care through innovation and improve health outcomes for patients in Australia.
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GR-Connect
Connecting past, current and future graduate research students in general practice and primary care through networking events, newsletters and mentorship.
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Latest Publications
Browse our latest publications, listed alphabetically by topic then by author.
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Archer, S., Donoso, F. S., Carver, T., Yue, A., Cunningham, A. P., Ficorella, L., Tischkowitz, M., Easton, D. F., Antoniou, A. C., Emery, J., Usher-Smith, J., & Walter, F. M. (2023). Exploring the barriers to and facilitators of implementing CanRisk in primary care: a qualitative thematic framework analysis. British Journal of General Practice. doi:10.3399/bjgp.2022.0643
Bergin, R. J., O'Sullivan, D., Dixon-Suen, S., Emery, J. D., English, D. R., Milne, R. L., & White, V. M. (2024). Time to Diagnosis and Treatment for Ovarian Cancer and Associations with Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Journal of Women's Health. doi:10.1089/jwh.2023.1160
Bergin, R. J., Yu, A. Y. D., White, V., & Emery, J. D. (2024). Discussions with patients about referral pathways and costs in the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer in Victoria, Australia. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53(1-2), 70-77.
Chan, F. K. L., Wong, M. C. S., Chan, A. T., East, J. E., Chiu, H. M., Makharia, G. K., Weller, D., Ooi, C. J., Limsrivilai, J., Saito, Y., Hang, D. V., Emery, J. D., Makmun, D., Wu, K. C., Ali, R. A. R., & Ng, S. C. (2023). Joint Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE)-Asian Pacific Society of Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE) clinical practice guidelines on the use of non-invasive biomarkers for diagnosis of colorectal neoplasia. Gut. doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2023-329429
Changrani, K., Chima, S., Sharma, A., Han, G. G., Sharma, A., McNamara, M., Jefford, M., Emery, J., & Druce, P. (2023). A systematic review of smartphone applications for cancer survivors. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. doi:10.1007/s11764-023-01435-9
Chima, S., Hunter, B., Martinez-Gutierrez, J., Lumsden, N., Nelson, C., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., & Emery, J. (2024). Adoption, acceptance, and use of a decision support tool to promote timely investigations for cancer in primary care. Family Practice. doi:10.1093/fampra/cmae046
Drosdowsky, A., Lamb, K. E., Bergin, R. J., Boyd, L., Milley, K., Ijzerman, M. J., & Emery, J. D. (2023). A systematic review of methodological considerations in time to diagnosis and treatment in colorectal cancer research. Cancer Epidemiology, 83. doi:10.1016/j.canep.2023.102323
Drosdowsky, A., Lamb, K. E., Karahalios, A., Bergin, R. J., Milley, K., Boyd, L., Ijzerman, M. J., & Emery, J. D. (2023). The effect of time before diagnosis and treatment on colorectal cancer outcomes: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis. British Journal of Cancer. doi:10.1038/s41416-023-02377-w
Emery, J. D., Jenkins, M. A., Saya, S., Chondros, P., Oberoi, J., Milton, S., Novy, K., Habgood, E., Karnchanachari, N., Pirotta, M., Trevena, L., Bickerstaffe, A., Lourenco, R. D., Crothers, A., Ouakrim, D. A., Flander, L., Dowty, J. G., Walter, F. M., Clark, M., Doncovio, S., Etemadmoghadam, D., Fishman, G., Macrae, F., Winship, I., & McIntosh, J. G. (2023). The Colorectal cancer RISk Prediction (CRISP) trial: a randomised controlled trial of a decision support tool for risk-stratified colorectal cancer screening. British Journal of General Practice, 73(733), E556-E565. doi:10.3399/bjgp.2022.0480
Ewasiuk, E., Emery, J., Reid, G., & Saya, S. (2024). Implementing pharmacogenomic testing in Australian general practice: an exploratory qualitative study. Pharmacogenomics. doi:10.1080/14622416.2024.2382078
Fagery, M., Khorshidi, H. A., Wong, S. Q., Karanfil, Ö., Emery, J., & Ijzerman, M. J. (2024). Integrating Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Tests with Standard Cancer Screening: System Dynamics Model Development and Feasibility Testing. Pharmacoeconomics-Open. doi:10.1007/s41669-024-00533-3
Goodwin, B. C., Zajdlewicz, L., Stiller, A., Johnston, E. A., Myers, L., Aitken, J. F., Bergin, R. J., Chan, R. J., Crawford-Williams, F., & Emery, J. D. (2023). What are the post-treatment information needs of rural cancer survivors in Australia? A systematic literature review. Psycho-Oncology. doi:10.1002/pon.6169
Gore, C., Lisy, K., O'Callaghan, C., Wood, C., Emery, J., Martin, A., Lourenco, R. D., Schofield, P., & Jefford, M. (2023). Colorectal cancer survivors' experiences and views of shared and telehealth models of survivorship care: A qualitative study. Psycho-Oncology. doi:10.1002/pon.6265
Grant, M. P., McCarthy, D., Kearney, C., Collins, A., Sundararajan, V., Rhee, J. J., Philip, J. A. M., & Emery, J. D. (2024). General practice utilisation by Australian cancer patients in the last year of life. Family Practice. doi:10.1093/fampra/cmae062
Hardy, V., Usher-Smith, J., Archer, S., Barnes, R., Lancaster, J., Johnson, M., Thompson, M., Emery, J., Singh, H., & Walter, F. M. (2023). Agreement between patient's description of abdominal symptoms of possible upper gastrointestinal cancer and general practitioner consultation notes: a qualitative analysis of video-recorded UK primary care consultation data. Bmj Open, 13(1). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058766
Jefford, M., Chan, R. J., & Emery, J. D. (2024). Shared Care Is an Appropriate Model for Many Cancer Survivors. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 42(17). doi:10.1200/jco.23.02683
Jefford, M., Emery, J. D., Martin, A. J., Lourenco, R. D., Lisy, K., Grunfeld, E., Mohamed, M. A., King, D., Tebbutt, N. C., Lee, M., Mehrnejad, A., Burgess, A., Marker, J., Eggins, R., Carrello, J., Thomas, H., & Schofield, P. (2023). SCORE: a randomised controlled trial evaluating shared care (general practitioner and oncologist) follow-up compared to usual oncologist follow-up for survivors of colorectal cancer. Eclinical medicine, 66. doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102346
Jefford, M., Emery, J. D., Martin, A. J., Lourenco, R. D. A., Lisy, K., Mohamed, M. A., King, D., Tebbutt, N. C., Lee, M., Mehrnejad, A., Burgess, A., Marker, J., Eggins, R., Carrello, J., Thomas, H., & Schofield, P. (2023). SCORE: A multisite randomised controlled trial evaluating shared care for colorectal cancer survivors. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41(16).
Lee, A., McCarthy, D., Bergin, R. J., Drosdowsky, A., Gutierrez, J. M., Kearney, C., Philip, S., Rafiq, M., Venning, B., Wawryk, O., Zhang, J. R., & Emery, J. (2023). Data Resource Profile: Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Data Connect. International journal of epidemiology. doi:10.1093/ije/dyad148
Leggett, N., Emery, K., Rollinson, T., Deane, A., French, C., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Eastwood, G., Miles, B., Witherspoon, S., Stewart, J., Merolli, M., Abdelhamid, Y. A., & Haines, K. (2024). Solutions to reduce the fragmentation of care between intensive and primary care to improve the quality of critical care survivorship. Australian Critical Care, 37, S21-S22.
Martinez-Gutierrez, J., Chima, S., Boyd, L., Sherwani, A., Drosdowsky, A., Karnchanachari, N., Luong, V., Reece, J. C., & Emery, J. (2023). Failure to follow up abnormal test results associated with cervical cancer in primary and ambulatory care: a systematic review. BMC Cancer, 23(1). doi:10.1186/s12885-023-11082-z
McIntosh, J. G., Emery, J. D., Wood, A., Chondros, P., Goodwin, B. C., Trevena, J., Wilson, C., Chang, S., Hocking, J., Campbell, T., Macrae, F., Milley, K., Lew, J. B., Nightingale, C., Dixon, I., Castelli, M., Lee, N., Innes, L., Jolley, T., Fletcher, S., Buchanan, L., Doncovio, S., Broun, K., Austin, G., Jiang, J., & Jenkins, M. A. (2023). SMARTERscreen protocol: a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial of patient SMS messaging in general practice to increase participation in the Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. Trials, 24(1). doi:10.1186/s13063-023-07756-5
McIntosh, J. G., Jenkins, M., Wood, A., Chondros, P., Campbell, T., Wenkart, E., O'Reilly, C., Dixon, I., Toner, J., Martinez-Gutierrez, J., Govan, L., & Emery, J. (2024). Increasing bowel cancer screening using SMS in general practice: the SMARTscreen cluster randomised trial. British Journal of General Practice. doi:10.3399/bjgp.2023.0230
Milley, K., Druce, P., McNamara, M., Bergin, R. J., Chan, R. J., Cust, A. E., Davis, N., Fishman, G., Jefford, M., Rankin, N., Yates, P., & Emery, J. (2024). Cancer in general practice research priorities in Australia. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53(4).
Mounce, L. T. A., Calitri, R., Hamilton, W., Rafiq, M., Emery, J. D., Giannakeas, V., Kotsopoulos, J., & Bailey, S. E. R. (2024). Improving the Clinical Utility of Platelet Count for Cancer Detection in Primary Care: A Cohort Study in England, Canada, and Australia. Cancers, 16(17). doi:10.3390/cancers16173074
Myers, L., Johnston, E. A., Zajdlewicz, L., Viljoen, B., Kelly, S., Perry, N., Stiller, A., Crawford-Williams, F., Chan, R. J., Emery, J. D., Bergin, R. J., Aitken, J. F., & Goodwin, B. C. (2024). What are the mechanisms underlying the delivery of survivorship care information in Australia? A realist review. Psycho-Oncology, 33(3). doi:10.1002/pon.6321
Onwuka, S., McIntosh, J., Boyd, L., Karnchanachari, N., Macrae, F., Fishman, G., & Emery, J. (2023). Should I take aspirin? A qualitative study on the implementation of a decision aid on taking aspirin for bowel cancer prevention. Family Medicine and Community Health, 11(SUPPL_1). doi:10.1136/fmch-2023-002423
Onwuka, S. R., McIntosh, J., Macrae, F., Chondros, P., Boyd, L., Wijesuriya, R., Saya, S., Karnchanachari, N., Novy, K., Jenkins, M. A., Walter, F. M., Trevena, L., Gutierrez, J. M., Broun, K., Fishman, G., Marker, J., & Emery, J. (2024). Should I Take Aspirin? (SITA): randomised controlled trial of a decision aid for cancer chemoprevention. British Journal of General Practice. doi:10.3399/bjgp.2023.0385
Rafiq, M., de Boer, J., Mar, J., Desai, J., Bae, S., Gyorki, D. E., Di Bella, C., Lyratzopoulos, G., Lewin, J. H., & Emery, J. (2024). Clinical activity in general practice before sarcoma diagnosis: an Australian cohort study. British Journal of General Practice. doi:10.3399/bjgp.2023.0610
Rafiq, M., Drosdowsky, A., Solomon, B., Alexander, M., Gibbs, P., Wright, G., Yeung, J. M., Lyratzopoulos, G., & Emery, J. (2024). Trends in primary care blood tests prior to lung and colorectal cancer diagnosis-A retrospective cohort study using linked Australian data. Cancer Medicine, 13(14). doi:10.1002/cam4.70006
So, C., McCarthy, D., Watts, C. G., Kearney, C., Reyes-Marcelino, G., Goldsbury, D. E., McLoughlin, K., Emery, J., & Cust, A. E. (2023). Diagnostic biopsies of suspected skin cancer in general practice from 2010 to 2017 in Victoria, Australia. British Journal of Dermatology, 188(4), 560-561. doi:10.1093/bjd/ljac111
Usher-Smith, J. A., Hindmarch, S., French, D. P., Tischkowitz, M., Moorthie, S., Walter, F. M., Dennison, R. A., Donoso, F. S., Archer, S., Taylor, L., Emery, J., Morris, S., Easton, D. F., & Antoniou, A. C. (2023). Proactive breast cancer risk assessment in primary care: a review based on the principles of screening. British Journal of Cancer. doi:10.1038/s41416-023-02145-w
Venning, B., Bergin, R., Pearce, A., Lee, A. L., & Emery, J. D. (2023). Factors affecting patient decisions to undergo testing for cancer symptoms: an exploratory qualitative study in Australian general practice. BJGP Open, 7(1). doi:10.3399/bjgpo.2022.0168
Venning, B., & Emery, J. D. (2024). Symptomatic cancer diagnosis in general practice: a critical perspective of current guidelines and risk assessment tools. Medical Journal of Australia. doi:10.5694/mja2.52287
Venning, B., Pearce, A., Lourenco, R. D., Hall, R., Bergin, R. J., Lee, A., Donohoe, K., & Emery, J. (2024). Patient preferences for investigating cancer-related symptoms in Australian general practice: a discrete-choice experiment. British Journal of General Practice. doi:10.3399/bjgp.2023.0583
Verbunt, E. J., Newman, G., Creagh, N. S., Milley, K. M., Emery, J. D., Kelaher, M. A., Rankin, N. M., & Nightingale, C. E. (2024). Primary care practice-based interventions and their effect on participation in population-based cancer screening programs: a systematic narrative review. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 25. doi:10.1017/s1463423623000713
Yap, S., Vassallo, A., Goldsbury, D., O'Connell, D. L., Brand, A., Emery, J., DeFazio, A., Canfell, K., & Steinberg, J. (2023). Pathways to diagnosis of endometrial and ovarian cancer in the 45 and Up Study cohort. Cancer Causes & Control, 34(1), 47-58. doi:10.1007/s10552-022-01634-2
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Agung, F. H., Devaera, Y., Medise, B. E., Jamarin, V., Abidin, F. A., Sanci, L. A., & Sawyer, S. M. (2023). A Qualitative Exploration of Parenting Adolescents in Indonesia. Maternal and child health journal, 27(5), 878-887. doi:10.1007/s10995-023-03632-5
Bellhouse, C., Newman, L., Bilardi, J. E., & Temple-Smith, M. (2023). A systematic narrative review of psychological interventions available in the antenatal period to prepare parents for parenting. Current Psychology, 42(11), 8733-8746. doi:10.1007/s12144-021-02138-z
Chen, K. Y., Jones, R., Lei, S., Shanthikumar, S., Sanci, L., Carlin, J., & Hiscock, H. (2023). Primary health care utilization and hospital readmission in children with asthma: A multi-site linked data cohort study. The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma, 1-12. doi:10.1080/02770903.2022.2164200
Chen, K. Y. H., Chu, W., Jones, R., Vuillermin, P., Fuller, D., Tran, D., Sanci, L., Shanthikumar, S., Carlin, J., & Hiscock, H. (2023). Modifiable factors associated with pediatric asthma readmissions: a multi-center linked cohort study. Journal of Asthma, 60(4), 708-717. doi:10.1080/02770903.2022.2089996
Chen, K. Y. H., Jones, R., Lei, S., Shanthikumar, S., Sanci, L., Carlin, J., & Hiscock, H. (2023). Primary health care utilization and hospital readmission in children with asthma: a multi-site linked data cohort study. Journal of Asthma, 60(8), 1584-1591. doi:10.1080/02770903.2022.2164200
Graham, P. L., Schofield, D. J., Tait, R. J., Bista, S., Ivers, R. Q., Liu, B., Lymer, S., Marino, J. L., Sanci, L. A., Shrestha, R. N., Steinbeck, K., Straker, L. M., & Skinner, S. R. (2024). Adolescent risk behaviours are associated with educational attainment in early adulthood: results from the Raine Study cohort. Bmc Public Health, 24(1), 2728. doi:10.1186/s12889-024-20208-2
Loveday, S., White, N., Constable, L., Gates, A., Sanci, L., Goldfeld, S., & Hiscock, H. (2024). Lessons Learned From the Implementation of an Integrated Health and Social Care Child and Family Hub - a Case Study. International Journal of Integrated Care, 24(4), 9-9. doi:10.5334/ijic.8631
Mahoney, C., Williams, I. R., Lamb, K., Spike, N., McArthur, L., Magin, P., Bentley, M., Bradford, C., Hiscock, H., Irwin, R., & Sanci, L. (2024). Caring for kids: Australian general practice registrar confidence in delivering paediatric primary care. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53(8), 574-582. doi:10.31128/ajgp-08-23-6951
Newton, S. L., Johnson, C., Watson, C. J., Wardley, A., Bittleston, H., Sanci, L., & Hocking, J. S. (2023). Considerations for conducting a young person’s health assessment in the general practice setting Insights from key informants in Victoria. Australian Journal of General Practice, 52(4), 235-240. doi:10.31128/AJGP-05-22-6423
Weghorst, A. A., Sanci, L. A., Berger, M. Y., Hiscock, H., & Jansen, D. E. (2024). Comparing healthcare systems between the Netherlands and Australia in management for children with acute gastroenteritis. Plos One, 19(7), e0306739.
Weghorst, A. A. H., Lawrence, J., Jansen, D. E. M. C., Holtman, G. A., Sanci, L. A., Berger, M. Y., & Hiscock, H. (2024). Enablers and barriers to home management for children with gastroenteritis: systematic review. The Journal of Pediatrics: Clinical Practice, 200115. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedcp.2024.200115
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Silva-Valencia, J., Lapadula, C., Westfall, J. M., Gaona, G., de Lusignan, S., Kristiansson, R. S., Ling, Z. J., Goh, L. H., Soto-Becerra, P., Cuba-Fuentes, M. S., Wensaas, K. A., Flottorp, S., Baste, V., Wong, W. C. W., Ng, A. P. P., Ortigoza, A., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Hallinan, C. M., Zingoni, P., Scattini, L., Heald, A., Tu, K. R., & NtrePid. (2024). Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health visits in primary care: an interrupted time series analysis from nine INTRePID countries. Eclinicalmedicine, 70. doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102533
Sorrell, T. C., Hensher, M., & Sanci, L. A. (2023). Long COVID in Australia: achieving equitable access to supportive health care. Medical Journal of Australia, 218(10), 455-457. doi:10.5694/mja2.51950
Westfall, J. M., Bonilla, A. O., Lapadula, M. C., Zingoni, P. L., Wong, W. C. W., Wensaas, K. A., Pace, W. D., Silva-Valencia, J., Scattini, L. F., Ng, A. P. P., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Ling, Z. J., Li, Z., Heald, A. H., Laughlin, A., Kristiansson, R. S., Hallinan, C. M., Goh, L. H., Gaona, G., Flottorp, S., de Lusignan, S., Cuba-Fuentes, M. S., Baste, V., Tu, K. R., & IntrePid. (2024). Changes in primary care visits for respiratory illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multinational study by the International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers (INTRePID). Frontiers in Medicine, 11. doi:10.3389/fmed.2024.1343646
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Beccia, C., Hunter, B., Birkic, V., White, M., & Manski-Nankervis, J. A. (2023). Have interventions aimed at assisting general practitioners in facilitating earlier diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children been successful? A systematic review protocol. Bmj Open, 13(12). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076459
Canaway, R., Chidgey, C., Hallinan, C. M., Capurro, D., & Boyle, D. I. R. (2024). Undercounting diagnoses in Australian general practice: a data quality study with implications for population health reporting. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 24(1). doi:10.1186/s12911-024-02560-w
Cheah, R., Canaway, R., Hallinan, C. M., de Mendonca, L., & Manski-Nankervis, J. A. (2024). Using primary care data for research: What are the issues and potential solutions? Australian Journal of General Practice, 53(6), 408-411.
El-Hayek, C., Barzegar, S., Faux, N., Doyle, K., Pillai, P., Mutch, S. J., Vaisey, A., Ward, R., Sanci, L., Dunn, A. G., Hellard, M. E., Hocking, J. S., Verspoor, K., & Boyle, D. I. (2023). An evaluation of existing text de-identification tools for use with patient progress notes from Australian general practice. International journal of medical informatics, 173, 105021-105021. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105021
Falgout, S., Boyle, D. M., Gaydon, D. J., & Hermanson, D. R. (2024). Data Analytics Integration Approaches: Insights from Accounting Chairs. Issues in Accounting Education, 39(3), 31-44. doi:10.2308/issues-2022-030
George, T., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Klaic, M., Kang, G. G. D., & Sudarsanam, T. D. (2024). Interventions in adult patients with multimorbidity in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review. Bmj Open, 14(3). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074038
Hallinan, C. M., Ward, R., Hart, G. K., Sullivan, C., Pratt, N., Ng, A. P., Capurro, D., Vvan Der Vegt, A., Liaw, S. T., Daly, O., Luxan, B. G., Bunker, D., & Boyle, D. (2024). Seamless EMR data access: Integrated governance, digital health and the OMOP-CDM. Bmj Health & Care Informatics, 31(1). doi:10.1136/bmjhci-2023-100953
He, W., Chima, S., Emery, J., Manski-Nankervis, J.-A., Williams, I., Hunter, B., Nelson, C., & Martinez-Gutierrez, J. (2024). Perceptions of primary care patients on the use of electronic clinical decision support tools to facilitate health care: A systematic review. Patient Education and Counseling, 125, 108290. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2024.108290
Hunter, B., Davidson, S., Lumsden, N., Chima, S., Gutierrez, J. M., Emery, J., Nelson, C., & Manski-Nankervis, J. A. (2024). Optimising a clinical decision support tool to improve chronic kidney disease management in general practice. BMC primary care, 25(1). doi:10.1186/s12875-024-02470-w
Jones, J. L., Simons, K., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Lumsden, N. G., Fernando, S., de Courten, M. P., Cox, N., Hamblin, P. S., Janus, E. D., & Nelson, C. L. (2023). Chronic disease IMPACT (chronic disease early detection and improved management in primary care project): An Australian stepped wedge cluster randomised trial. Digital Health, 9. doi:10.1177/20552076231194948
Jones, R., Hiscock, H., Shanthikumar, S., Lei, S., Sanci, L., & Chen, K. (2023). Exploring gaps and opportunities in primary care following an asthma hospital admission: A multisite mixed-methods study of three data sources. Archives of disease in childhood, 108(5), 385-391. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2022-324114
Klapaukh, R., El-Hayek, C., Boyle, D. Do transformers generalise better than bespoke tools for anonymisation? Informatics in Medicine Unlocked (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2024.101607
Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Canaway, R., Chidgey, C., Emery, J., Sanci, L., Hocking, J. S., Davidson, S., Swan, I., & Boyle, D. (2024). Data Resource Profile: Primary Care Audit, Teaching and Research Open Network (Patron). International journal of epidemiology, 53(1). doi:10.1093/ije/dyae002
Moussa, D., Wallace, J., Manski-Nankervis, J.-A., Doyle, J. S., Nguyen, L., Boyle, D., Stoove, M. A., Asselin, J., Valaydon, Z., Ahad, M., Glasgow, S., New, K., Hocking, J. S., Sanci, L., Thompson, A., Hellard, M., & Howell, J. (2023). Assessment of a primary care e-support package of automated case finding, simplified treatment algorithm and decision support to increase hepatitis B treatment uptake in primary care clinics in Australia (SIMPLY-B Study): protocol for a pilot evaluation. Bmj Open, 13(3), e070663-e070663. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070663
Moussa, D., Wallace, J., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Doyle, J. S., Nguyen, L., Boyle, D., Stoové, M. A., Asselin, J., Valaydon, Z., Ahad, M., Glasgow, S., New, K., Hocking, J. S., Sanci, L., Thompson, A., Hellard, M., & Howell, J. (2023). Assessment of a primary care e-support package of automated case finding, simplified treatment algorithm and decision support to increase hepatitis B treatment uptake in primary care clinics in Australia (SIMPLY-B Study): protocol for a pilot evaluation. Bmj Open, 13(3). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070663
Olsen, J. R., Whitley, E., Long, E., Rigby, B. P., Macdonald, L., Dibben, G. O., Palmer, V. J., Benzeval, M., Mitchell, K., McCann, M., Anderson, M., Thomson, M., Moore, L., & Simpson, S. A. (2024). Individual, social and area level factors associated with older people's walking: Analysis of an UK household panel study (Understanding Society). Social Science & Medicine, 358. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117083
Pu, D., Cameron, P., Chapman, W., Greenstock, L., Sanci, L., Callisaya, M. L., & Haines, T. (2023). Virtual emergency care in Victoria: Stakeholder perspectives of strengths, weaknesses, and barriers and facilitators of service scale-up. Australasian Emergency Care, 27(2), 102-108.
Richards, A. S., Sossen, B., Emery, J. C., Horton, K. C., Heinsohn, T., Frascella, B., Balzarini, F., Oradini-Alacreu, A., Haecker, B., Odone, A., McCreesh, N., Grant, A. D., Kranzer, K., Cobelens, F., Esmail, H., & Houben, R. (2023). Quantifying progression and regression across the spectrum of pulmonary tuberculosis: a data synthesis study. Lancet Global Health, 11(5), E684-E692. doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00082-7
Suen, M., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., McBride, C., Lumsden, N., & Hunter, B. (2024). Implementing a Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Module With a Software Tool (Future Health Today): Qualitative Study. Jmir Formative Research, 8. doi:10.2196/50737
Tew, M., Catchpool, M., Furler, J., de la Rue, K., Clarke, P., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., & Dalziel, K. (2023). Site-specific factors associated with clinical trial recruitment efficiency in general practice settings: a comparative descriptive analysis. Trials, 24(1). doi:10.1186/s13063-023-07177-4
Ward, R., Hallinan, C. M., Ormiston-Smith, D., Chidgey, C., & Boyle, D. (2024). The OMOP Common Data Model in Australian Primary Care Data: Building a Quality Research Ready Harmonised Dataset. Plos One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0301557
Welke, S., Duncanson, E., Bollen, C., Britton, A., Donnelly, F., Faull, R., Kellie, A., Le Leu, R., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., McDonald, S., Richards, K., Whittington, T., Yeoh, J., & Jesudason, S. (2023). The impact on patients of the tertiary-primary healthcare interface in kidney failure: a qualitative study. Journal of Nephrology. doi:10.1007/s40620-023-01742-5
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Beccia, C., McMorrow, R., Donald, A., de Mendonça, L., White, M., Hunter, B., & Manski-Nankervis, J. A. (2024). Have interventions aimed at assisting general practitioners in facilitating earlier diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children been successful in preventing acute complications? A systematic review. Bmj Open, 14(10). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085635
Hachem, M., Hearn, T., Kelly, R., Eer, A., Moore, B., Sommerville, C., Atkinson-Briggs, S., Twigg, S., Freund, M., O'Neal, D., Story, D., Brown, A., McLean, A., Sinha, A., Furler, J., O'Brien, R., Tran-Duy, A., Clarke, P., Braat, S., Koye, D. N., Eades, S., Burchill, L., & Ekinci, E. (2024). Can flash glucose monitoring improve glucose management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with type 2 diabetes? A protocol for a randomised controlled trial (vol 25, 493, 2024). Trials, 25(1). doi:10.1186/s13063-024-08363-8
Holmes-Truscott, E., Baptista, S., Ling, M. T., Collins, E., Ekinci, E. I., Furler, J., Hagger, V., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Wells, C., & Speight, J. (2023). The impact of structured self-monitoring of blood glucose on clinical, behavioral, and psychosocial outcomes among adults with non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare, 4. doi:10.3389/fcdhc.2023.1177030
Holmes-Truscott, E., Holloway, E. E., Lam, B., Baptista, S., Furler, J., Hagger, V., Skinner, T., & Speight, J. (2023). 'Is Insulin Right for Me?': Web-based intervention to reduce psychological barriers to insulin therapy among adults with non- insulin- treated type 2 diabetes-A randomised controlled trial. Diabetic Medicine, April. doi:10.1111/dme.15117
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Aceves, J. J., & Tarzia, L. (2024). Understanding the Perspectives and Experiences of Male Perpetrators of Sexual Violence Against Women: A Scoping Review and Thematic Synthesis. Trauma Violence & Abuse. doi:10.1177/15248380241241014
Brown, C., & Hegarty, K. (2024). Fear and Distress: How Can We Measure the Impact of Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Relationships? Social Sciences-Basel, 13(1). doi:10.3390/socsci13010071
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Fiolet, R., Lamb, K., Tarzia, L., & Hegarty, K. (2024). A Chance to have a Voice: The Motivations and Experiences of Female Victim-Survivors of Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence who Joined a Lived Experience Research Group. Journal of Family Violence. doi:10.1007/s10896-024-00724-w
FitzPatrick, K. M., Brown, S., Hegarty, K., Mensah, F., & Gartland, D. (2023). Visualising Patterns in Women's Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence in the First 10 years of Motherhood. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(3-4), 3055-3087. doi:10.1177/08862605221104518
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Kuruppu, J., Humphreys, C., McKibbin, G., & Hegarty, K. (2023). Navigating the grey zone in the response to child abuse and neglect in primary healthcare settings. Children and Youth Services Review, 150. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107029
Kuruppu, J., Novy, K., Fetter, L., Oo, S., & Hegarty, K. (2023a). 'Family court horizontal ellipsis sucks out your soul': Australian general practitioners' experiences supporting domestic violence survivors through family court. BMC primary care, 24(1). doi:10.1186/s12875-023-02044-2
Kuruppu, J., Novy, K., Fetter, L., Oo, S., & Hegarty, K. (2023b). 'Family court sucks out your soul': Australian general practitioners' experiences supporting domestic violence survivors through family court. BMC primary care, 24(1), 95-95. doi:10.1186/s12875-023-02044-2
Lamb, K., McKay, H., Baloch, S., & Hegarty, K. (2024). Developing a Research Agenda with Victim-Survivors to Improve Health Sector Responses to Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence in Australia. Journal of Family Violence. doi:10.1007/s10896-024-00720-0
Lu, C., Georgousopoulou, E., Baloch, S., Walton-Sonda, D., Hegarty, K., Sethna, F., & Brown, N. A. T. (2023). Identifying the barriers faced by obstetricians and registrars in screening or enquiry of intimate partner violence in pregnancy: A systematic review of the primary evidence. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. doi:10.1111/ajo.13747
Marsden, S., Humphreys, C., & Hegarty, K. (2024). Whose Expertise Counts? Women Survivors' Experiences With Psychologists. Violence and victims, 39(1), 71-87. doi:10.1891/vv-2021-0146
McKenzie, M., Humphreys, C., & Tarzia, L. (2024). Mothering in the Aftermath of Reproductive Coercion and Abuse. Violence against Women. doi:10.1177/10778012241263102
McLindon, E. V.-M., Spiteri-Staines, A., & Hegarty, K. (2024). Domestic, family and sexual violence polyvictimisation and health experiences of Australian nurses, midwives and carers: a cross-sectional study. Bmc Public Health, 24(1). doi:10.1186/s12889-024-19680-7
Neil, J. M., Barton, C., & Hegarty, K. (2023). Should we be concerned? A qualitative study of educators' perceptions of medical student wellbeing in domestic violence training. Medical Teacher. doi:10.1080/0142159x.2023.2244664
O'Doherty, L., Whelan, M., Carter, G. J., Brown, K., Tarzia, L., Hegarty, K., Feder, G., & Brown, S. J. (2023). Psychosocial interventions for survivors of rape and sexual assault experienced during adulthood. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 10, CD013456-CD013456. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD013456.pub2
Tarzia, L., Brown, C., McLindon, E., & Hegarty, K. (2024). Development and Validation of the Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Scale (IPSVS): A Multi-Dimensional Scale to Measure Sexual Violence in Intimate Relationships. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi:10.1177/08862605241287803
Tarzia, L., & Hegarty, K. (2023). "He'd Tell Me I was Frigid and Ugly and Force me to Have Sex with Him Anyway": Women's Experiences of Co-Occurring Sexual Violence and Psychological Abuse in Heterosexual Relationships. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(1-2), NP1299-NP1319. doi:10.1177/08862605221090563
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Tarzia, L., Lamb, K., McKibbin, G., Parker, R., & Hegarty, K. (2023). Using digital storytelling with women who have experienced intimate partner abuse: a qualitative exploration of participant experiences in Australia. Journal of Gender-Based Violence. doi:10.1332/239868021x16866659395674
Tarzia, L., & McKenzie, M. (2024). Reproductive coercion and abuse in intimate relationships: Women's perceptions of perpetrator motivations. Plos One, 19(4). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0299069
Tarzia, L., McKenzie, M., Addison, M. J., Hameed, M. A., & Hegarty, K. (2023). "Help Me Realize What I'm Becoming": Men's Views on Digital Interventions as a Way to Promote Early Help-Seeking for Use of Violence in Relationships. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 8862605231153885-8862605231153885. doi:10.1177/08862605231153885
Tran, M., Lawrence, R., Abalo, C., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Heal, C., Douglas, K., & Rhee, J. (2023). Improving general practice research in Australia. Australian Journal of General Practice, 52(10), 734-736.
Wellington, M., Hegarty, K., & Tarzia, L. (2023). Women's Lived Experiences of Reproductive Coercion and Abuse. Journal of Family Violence. doi:10.1007/s10896-023-00655
Young, F., Hameed, M., Hooker, L., Taft, A., & Hegarty, K. (2024). Training Australian general practitioners to counsel women experiencing intimate partner abuse (WEAVE): a pre-post training analysis. BMC primary care, 25(1). doi:10.1186/s12875-024-02337-0
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Bailey, C., Honisett, S., Dermentzis, J., Devereux, J., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Dalziel, K., & Hiscock, H. (2024). How should we fund integrated primary care for children in Australia? A resource allocation study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48(6). doi:10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100196
Ezzat, A. M., Gibbs, A., Silva, D. D., Pazzinatto, M. F., Kemp, J. L., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., & Barton, C. J. (2024). Development and evaluation of a behaviour change intervention to increase general practitioner referral of people with hip and knee osteoarthritis to exercise-therapy. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 32, S540-S541.
Forrester, B., Fisher, G., Ellis, L. A., Giddy, A., Smith, C. L., Zurynski, Y., Sanci, L., Graham, K., White, N., & Braithwaite, J. (2024). Moving from crisis response to a learning health system: Experiences from an Australian regional primary care network. Learning Health Systems, e10458.
Goller, J. L., Bittleston, H., Munari, S., McNamee, K., Bateson, D., Sanci, L., Temple-Smith, M., Hocking, J. S., & Coombe, J. (2024). Streamlining documentation in patient electronic medical records: An example of chlamydia consultation shortcuts. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53(10), 777-781. doi:10.31128/ajgp-01-24-7112
Hu, E. P., McDonald, C. E., Zhou, Y. D., Jakanovski, P., & Lau, P. (2024). Using quick response codes to access digital health resources in the general practice waiting room. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 30(6). doi:10.1071/py24009
Leggett, N., Emery, K., Rollinson, T., Deane, A., French, C., Eastwood, G., Merolli, M., Miles, B., Bellomo, R., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Abdelhamid, Y. A., & Haines, K. (2023a). "Mind the gap" - Improving the integration between primary and intensive care after critical illness (INTEGRATE) study. Australian Critical Care, 36, S2-S2.
Leggett, N., Emery, K., Rollinson, T. C., Deane, A., French, C., Eastwood, G., Merolli, M., Miles, B., Bellomo, R., Manski-Nankervis, J., Abdelhamid, Y. A., & Haines, K. J. (2023b). "Mind The Gap" - Improving the Integration Between Primary and Intensive Care After Critical Illness (Integrate) Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 207.
Leggett, N., Emery, K., Rollinson, T. C., Deane, A. M., French, C., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Eastwood, G., Miles, B., Witherspoon, S., Stewart, J., Merolli, M., Abdelhamid, Y. A., & Haines, K. J. (2024). Clinician- and Patient-Identified Solutions to Reduce the Fragmentation of Post-ICU Care in Australia. Chest, 166(1), 95-106. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2024.02.019
Quinlan-Turner, P., Lau, P., & McVilly, K. R. (2023). Interviewing general practitioners and health professionals about the need for and the means of promoting continuing professional development. Australian Journal of General Practice, 52(5), 317-323.
Wanat, M., Redmond, P., Barry, T., Chakraborty, S., Foley, T., Gonzalez-Chica, D., Johnson, R., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Nicholson, B. D., & Parretti, H. (2023). Ten things I wish I had known about academic primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 73(729), 176-177. doi:10.3399/bjgp23X732465
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Anemaat, L., Palmer, V. J., Copland, D. A., Binge, G., Druery, K., Druery, J., Mainstone, K., Aisthorpe, B., Mainstone, P., & Wallace, S. J. (2024). Qualitative Exploration of Speech Pathologists' Experiences and Priorities for Aphasia Service Design: Initial Stage of an Experience-Based Co-Design Project to Improve Aphasia Services. Health Expectations, 27(3). doi:10.1111/hex.14105
Anemaat, L. N., Palmer, V. J., Copland, D. A., Binge, G., Druery, K., Druery, J., Mainstone, K., Aisthorpe, B., Mainstone, P., Burton, B., & Wallace, S. J. (2024). Understanding experiences, unmet needs and priorities related to post-stroke aphasia care: stage one of an experience-based co-design project. Bmj Open, 14(5). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081680
Berk, M., Barutchu, A., Batterham, P., Calear, A., Castle, D., Clark, S., Cotton, S., Darwin, L., Davey, C., Glozier, N., Haroutonian, C., Hood, S., Iyer, R., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Kaur, P., Lakra, V., Loo, C., Markus, A., McDonald, E., Meyer, D., Mihalopoulos, C., Mills, K., Neil, A., O'Neil, A., Reid, C., Rodgers, A., Rossell, S., Russell, S., Schultz, C., Siskind, D., Sundram, S., & Wright, M. (2024). The mental health Australia general clinical trial network (MAGNET) - Connecting knowledge for better mental health outcomes. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58, 88-89.
Berk, M., Barutchu, A., Batterham, P., Calear, A., Clark, S., Darwin, L., Haroutonian, C., Hood, S., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Lakra, V., Markus, A., McDonald, E., Meyer, D., Mihalopoulos, C., Mills, K., Rodgers, A., Rossell, S., Siskind, D., & Wright, M. (2024). MAGNET - Enhancing the quality and capacity of mental health clinical trials across Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58, 89-90.
Bibb, J., McMaster, S., & Palmer, V. J. (2024). A narrative review of community wellbeing programmes and the reported outcomes for young carers. International Journal of Care and Caring. doi:10.1332/23978821y2024d000000070
Brophy, L., Fletcher, J., Dawadi, S., Reece, J., Edan, V., Enticott, J., Farhall, J., Fossey, E., Hamilton, B., Harvey, C., Meadows, G., Mihalopoulos, C., Morrisroe, E., Newton, R., Palmer, V., Vine, R., Waks, S., & Pirkis, J. (2024). A longitudinal study of the impacts of a stay in a Prevention and Recovery Care service in Victoria, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. doi:10.1177/00048674241242943
Brown, A., Haregu, T., Gee, G., Mensah, F., Waters, L., Brown, S. J., Nicholson, J. M., Hegarty, K., Smith, D., D'Amico, S., Ritte, R., Paradies, Y., & Armstrong, G. (2023). Social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Aboriginal controlled social housing. BMC Public Health, 23(1). doi:10.1186/s12889-023-16817-y
Bunn, C., Palmer, V., Chng, N. R., Andersen, E., Gray, C. M., Hunt, K., Jelsma, J. G. M., Morgan, H., Sanden, M., Pereira, H. V., Philpott, M., Roberts, G. C., Rooksby, J., Roynesdal, O. B., Silva, M. N., Sorensen, M., Teixeira, P. J., van Achterberg, T., van de Glind, I., van Mechelen, W., van Nassau, F., van der Ploeg, H. P., & Wyke, S. (2023). How European Fans in Training (EuroFIT), a lifestyle change program for men delivered in football clubs, achieved its effect: a mixed methods process evaluation embedded in a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 23(1). doi:10.1186/s12889-023-15419-y
Coe, A., Abid, N., & Kaylor-Hughes, C. (2024). Social media group support for antidepressant deprescribing: a mixed-methods survey of patient experiences. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 30(3).
Coe, A., Bibb, J., Kritharidis, R., O'Mara, M., Lautman, R., Densley, K., Kovarik, S., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Lewis, M., & Palmer, V. J. (2023). A mixed-methods evaluation of the impacts of an online Carer wellbeing and connection program. PEC Innovation, 3. doi:10.1016/j.pecinn.2023.100218
Coe, A., Gunn, J., Allnutt, Z., & Kaylor-Hughes, C. (2024). Understanding Australian general practice patients' decisions to deprescribe antidepressants in the WiserAD trial: a realist informed approach. Bmj Open, 14(2). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078179
Coe, A., Gunn, J., Fletcher, S., Murray, E., & Kaylor-Hughes, C. (2023). Self-reported reasons for reducing or stopping antidepressant medications in primary care: thematic analysis of the diamond longitudinal study. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 24. doi:10.1017/s1463423623000038
Curran, E., Palmer, V., Abraham, C., Chong, T. W. H., Rego, T., Godbee, K., Baulch, B., Khalid, S., Garlick, R., & Lautenschlager, N. (2023). The ENGAGED study: dementia prevention co-design for people living with depression. International Psychogeriatrics, 35, 116-117. doi:10.1017/s1041610223002442
Curran, E., Palmer, V. J., Ellis, K. A., Chong, T. W. H., Rego, T., Cox, K. L., Anstey, K. J., Westphal, A., Moorhead, R., Southam, J., Lai, R., You, E., & Lautenschlager, N. T. (2023). Physical Activity for Cognitive Health: A Model for Intervention Design for People Experiencing Cognitive Concerns and Symptoms of Depression or Anxiety. Journal of Alzheimers Disease, 94(2), 781-799. doi:10.3233/jad-221216
Davis, J. A., Connolly, M. L., Young, L. M., Turner, M., Mahoney, S., Saunders, D., John, T., Fiddes, R., Bryan, M., Berk, M., Davids, I., Barrand, S., Jacka, F. N., Murray, G., McDonald, E., Chatterton, M. L., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Mihalopoulos, C., Yung, A., Thomas, N., Osborne, R., Iyer, R., Meyer, D., Radovic, L., Jabeen, T., Marx, W., O'Shea, M., Mundell, N. L., George, E. S., Rocks, T., Ruusunen, A., Russell, S., O'Neil, A., & Team, H.-E. T. (2024). Evaluating the effectiveness of a multi-component lifestyle therapy program versus psychological therapy for managing mood disorders (HARMON-E): protocol of a randomised non-inferiority trial. Bmc Psychiatry, 24(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-024-06098-z
Dray, J., Palmer, V. J., & Banfield, M. (2024). 'Keeping it real': A qualitative exploration of preferences of people with lived experience for participation and active involvement in mental health research in Australia. Health Expectations, 27(1). doi:10.1111/hex.13934
Eratne, D., Kang, M. J. Y., Lewis, C., Dang, C., Malpas, C. B., Keem, M., Grewal, J., Marinov, V., Coe, A., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Borchard, T., Keng-Hong, C., Waxmann, A., Saglam, B., Kalincik, T., Kanaan, R., Kelso, W., Evans, A., Farrand, S., Loi, S., Walterfang, M., Stehmann, C., Li, Q. X., Collins, S., Masters, C. L., Santillo, A. F., Zetterberg, H., Blennow, K., Berkovic, S. F., Velakoulis, D., & Mi, N. D. S. G. (2024). Plasma and CSF neurofilament light chain distinguish neurodegenerative from primary psychiatric conditions in a clinical setting. Alzheimers & Dementia. doi:10.1002/alz.14278
Fletcher, S., Chondros, P., Davidson, S., & Gunn, J. (2024). Matching depression management to severity prognosis in primary care: remaining questions. British Journal of General Practice, 74(744), 297-297. doi:10.3399/bjgp24X738537
Godbee, K., Palmer, V. J., Gunn, J. M., Lautenschlager, N. T., & Francis, J. J. (2024). Supporting primary care practitioners to promote dementia risk reduction in Australian general practice: outcomes of a cross-sectional, non-randomised implementation pilot study. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 30(5). doi:10.1071/py24063
Gunn, J. M., & Flehr, A. (2023). How can we increase access to mental health care? Medical Journal of Australia. doi:10.5694/mja2.51901
Hall, T., Constable, L., Loveday, S., Honisett, S., Schreurs, N., Goldfeld, S., Loftus, H., Jones, R., Reupert, A., Yap, M. B. H., Woolfenden, S., Montgomery, A., Dalziel, K., Bailey, C., Pringle, G., Fisher, J., Forell, S., Eapen, V., Haslam, R., Sanci, L., Eastwood, J., & Hiscock, H. (2023). Identifying and responding to family adversity in Australian community and primary health settings: a multi-site cross sectional study. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1147721-1147721. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1147721
Hurley, E. C., Williams, I. R., Tomyn, A. J., & Sanci, L. (2024). Social media use among Australian university students: Understanding links with stress and mental health. Computers in Human Behaviour Reports, 14, 100398. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100398
Ke, T., Li, W., Sanci, L., Reavley, N., Williams, I., & Russell, M. A. (2023). The mental health of international university students from China during the COVID-19 pandemic and the protective effect of social support: A longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 328, 13-21. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2023.02.014
Loveday, S., Balgovind, M., Hall, T., Goldfeld, S., Sanci, L., & Hiscock, H. (2023). Emotional work of getting help: a qualitative analysis of caregiver-perceived barriers to responding to childhood adversity. Archives of disease in childhood. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2023-325473
Loveday, S., Balgovind, M., Hall, T., Sanci, L., Goldfeld, S., & Hiscock, H. (2023). “A multitude of things”: A qualitative analysis of practitioner perceived barriers to identifying and responding to childhood adversity. Mental Health and Prevention, 30. doi:10.1016/j.mhp.2023.200276
Loveday, S., Chen, L. L., Constable, L. N., Kabir, A., White, N., Goldfeld, S., Sanci, L., & Hiscock, H. (2024). Opening Pandora's box - key facilitators of practice change in detecting and responding to childhood adversity - a practitioner perspective. BMC Pediatrics, 24(1). doi:10.1186/s12887-024-04918-5
Nixon, N., Guo, B. L., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Simpson, S., Garland, A., Dalgleish, T., & Morriss, R. (2024). Specialist treatment for persistent depression in secondary care: Sustained effects from a multicentre UK study at 24 and 36 months. Journal of Affective Disorders, 345, 70-77. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.105
Palmer, V., Cornier, M. A., Waring, A., & Valdebran, M. (2023). Evaluation and treatment of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease in adult patients with psoriasis. International Journal of Dermatology. doi:10.1111/ijd.16873
Palmer, V. J., Bibb, J., Lewis, M., Densley, K., Kritharidis, R., Dettmann, E., Sheehan, P., Daniell, A., Harding, B., Schipp, T., Dost, N., & McDonald, G. (2023). A co-design living labs philosophy of practice for end-to-end research design to translation with people with lived-experience of mental ill-health and carer/family and kinship groups. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1206620
Palmer, V. J., Wheeler, A. J., Jazayeri, D., Gulliver, A., Hegarty, K., Moorhouse, J., Orcher, P., Banfield, M., & Alive Natl Ctr Mental Hlth, R. (2024). Lost in translation: a narrative review and synthesis of the published international literature on mental health research and translation priorities (2011-2023). Journal of Mental Health. doi:10.1080/09638237.2024.2332808
Peters, S., Guccione, L., Francis, J., Best, S., Tavender, E., Curran, J., Davies, K., Rowe, S., Palmer, V. J., & Klaic, M. (2024). Evaluation of research co-design in health: a systematic overview of reviews and development of a framework. Implementation Science, 19(1). doi:10.1186/s13012-024-01394-4
Rigby, B., Palmer, V., Thomson, M., Mitchell, K., & Simpson, S. (2023). How do mid-to-older aged life transitions influence physical activity and social connectedness? Implications for systems intervention development. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 30, S108-S109.
Russell, M. A., Reavley, N., Williams, I., Li, W., Tarzia, L., Chondros, P., & Sanci, L. (2023). Changes in mental health across the COVID-19 pandemic for local and international university students in Australia: a cohort study. BMC Psychology, 11(1). doi:10.1186/s40359-023-01075-9
Thai, T. T. H., Engel, L., Perez, J. K., Tan, E. J., Eades, S., Sanci, L., & Mihalopoulos, C. (2023). A systematic review of health state utility values and psychometric performance of generic preference-based instruments for children and adolescents with mental health problems. Quality of Life Research. doi:10.1007/s11136-023-03441-x
Xue, Y. C., Lewis, M., Furler, J., Waterreus, A., Dettmann, E., & Palmer, V. J. (2023). A scoping review of cardiovascular risk factor screening rates in general or family practice attendees living with severe mental ill-health. Schizophrenia Research, 261, 47-59. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2023.09.007
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Biezen, R., Ciavarella, S., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Monaghan, T., & Buising, K. (2023). Addressing Antimicrobial Stewardship in Primary Care-Developing Patient Information Sheets Using Co-Design Methodology. Antibiotics-Basel, 12(3). doi:10.3390/antibiotics12030458
Carville, K. S., Meagher, N., Abo, Y. N., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Fielding, J., Steer, A., McVernon, J., & Price, D. J. (2024). Burden of antimicrobial prescribing in primary care attributable to sore throat: a retrospective cohort study of patient record data. BMC primary care, 25(1). doi:10.1186/s12875-024-02371-y
Lau, P., Tran, M. T., Kim, R. Y., Alrefae, A. H., Ryu, S., & Teh, J. C. (2023). E-prescription: views and acceptance of general practitioners and pharmacists in Greater Sydney. Australian Journal of Primary Health. doi:10.1071/py22240
Saya, S., Chondros, P., Abela, A., Mihalopolous, C., Chatterton, M. L., Gunn, J., Chen, T. F., Polasek, T. M., Dettmann, E., Brooks, R., King, M., Spencer, L., Alphonse, P., Milton, S., Ramsay, G., Siviour, Z., Liew, J., Ly, P., Thoenig, M., Seychell, R., La Rocca, F., Hesson, L. B., Mejias, N., Sivertsen, T., Galea, M. A., Bousman, C., & Emery, J. (2023). The PRESIDE (PhaRmacogEnomicS In DEpression) Trial: a double-blind randomised controlled trial of pharmacogenomic-informed prescribing of antidepressants on depression outcomes in patients with major depressive disorder in primary care. Trials, 24(1). doi:10.1186/s13063-023-07361-6
Spinks, J., Violette, R., Boyle, D. I., Petrie, D., Fanning, L., Hall, K. K., Kelly, F., Wheeler, A. J., Ware, R. S., Byrnes, J., Chen, E. S., Donald, A., Ellis, N., DelDot, M., & Nissen, L. (2023). Activating pharmacists to reduce the frequency of medication-related problems (ACTMed): a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial. Medical Journal of Australia. doi:10.5694/mja2.52073
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Pu, D., Cameron, P., Chapman, W., Greenstock, L., Sanci, L., Callisaya, M. L., & Haines, T. (2023). Virtual emergency care in Victoria: Stakeholder perspectives of strengths, weaknesses, and barriers and facilitators of service scale-up. Australasian Emergency Care.
Pu, D., Palmer, V., Greenstock, L., Pigott, C., Peeters, A., Sanci, L., Callisaya, M., Browning, C., Chapman, W., & Haines, T. (2023). Identifying Public Healthcare Priorities in Virtual Care for Older Adults: A Participatory Research Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(5), 4015.
Xu, J., Lau, P., Ma, Y., Zhao, N., Yu, X. Z., Zhu, H. D., & Li, Y. (2024). Prevalence and Associated Factors of Thyroid Nodules Among 52,003 Chinese 'Healthy' Individuals in Beijing: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 17, 181-189. doi:10.2147/rmhp.S442062
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Bilardi, J., Webb, A., Trieu, V.-H., Sharp, G., McIntosh, J., & Temple-Smith, M. (2023). Miscarriage Australia: the use of a human centered design approach to design and develop a website for those affected by miscarriage. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1128768
Bilardi, J. E., & Temple-Smith, M. (2023). We know all too well the significant psychological impact of miscarriage and recurrent miscarriage: So where is the support? Fertility and sterility, 120(5), 937-939. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.08.951
Bittleston, H., Coombe, J., Goller, J. L., Hocking, J., & Temple-Smith, M. J. (2024a). "Mum was disappointed but everyone else was supportive"- experiences of disclosing a sexually transmissible infection diagnosis. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 51(1), S447-S448.
Bittleston, H., Coombe, J., Goller, J. L., Hocking, J., & Temple-Smith, M. J. (2024b). Past sex education and having a usual doctor makes it easier for young Australians to discuss sexual health with a doctor: Findings from an online survey. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 51(1), S446-S447.
Bittleston, H., Coombe, J., Goller, J. L., Hocking, J., & Temple-Smith, M. J. (2024c). Young Australians know less about syphilis than other sexually transmissible infections: findings from an online survey. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 51(1), S373-S374.
Bittleston, H., Goller, J. L. L., Temple-Smith, M., Coombe, J., & Hocking, J. S. S. (2023). How Much Do Young Australians Know About Syphilis Compared With Chlamydia and Gonorrhea? Findings From an Online Survey. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 50(9), 575-582. doi:10.1097/olq.0000000000001834
Bittleston, H., Hocking, J. S., Coombe, J., Temple-Smith, M., & Goller, J. L. (2023). Young Australians' receptiveness to discussing sexual health with a general practitioner. Australian Journal of Primary Health. doi:10.1071/py23083
Bond, S. R., Bilardi, J. E., Chen, M., Chow, E. P. F., Donovan, B., Fairley, C. K., Giarrusso, R. L., Giles, M. L., Hocking, J., Hodges, R., Kaldor, J., Kane, S. C., McCully, B., Ong, J. J., Posma, E., Ryder, N., Temple-Smith, M. J., Tomnay, J. E., & Wigan, R. (2024). Using implementation science to develop an adaptable clinical systems implementation package to embed routine syphilis screening in later pregnancy into clinical practice. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 51(1), S284-S285.
Bourchier, L., Temple-Smith, M., Hocking, J. S., & Malta, S. (2024). Older patients want to talk about sexual health in Australian primary care. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 30(4). doi:10.1071/py24016
Bourchier, L., Temple-Smith, M., Hocking, J., Bittleston, H., & Malta, S. (2023). Engaging older Australians in sexual health research: SHAPE2 survey recruitment and sample. Sexual Health, 21(1). doi:10.1071/sh23116
Caddy, C., Temple-Smith, M., & Coombe, J. (2023). Who does what? Reproductive responsibilities between heterosexual partners. Culture, health & sexuality, 1-19. doi:10.1080/13691058.2023.2173800
Duns, G., Temple-Smith, M., & Katz, D. (2023). Role of men's sexual and reproductive health clinics in decreasing health inequalities. Australian Journal of General Practice, 52(7), 435-436. doi:10.31128/ajgp-01-23-6677
Gezer, M., Hunter, B., Hocking, J. S., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., & Goller, J. L. (2023). Informing the design of a digital intervention to support sexually transmissible infection care in general practice: a qualitative study exploring the views of clinicians. Sexual Health. doi:10.1071/sh22191
Hayes, J. A., & Temple-Smith, M. J. (2023). Teaching vulval anatomy in the twenty-first century: the Australian experience. Anatomical sciences education. doi:10.1002/ase.2264
Hocking, J. S., Watson, C., Chondros, P., Sawyer, S. M., Ride, J., Temple-Smith, M., Boyle, D., Skinner, R., Patton, G. C., Lim, M. S. C., Pirkis, J., Johnson, C., Newton, S., Wardley, A., Blashki, G., Guy, R., Dalziel, K., & Sanci, L. (2023). Will a fee-for-service payment for a young people's health assessment in general practice increase the detection of health risk behaviours and health conditions? Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial (RAd Health Trial). Bmj Open, 13(8). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074154
Hughes, Y., Bilardi, J. E., Chen, M., Chow, E. P. F., Diprose, A. B., Donovan, B., Fairley, C. K., Hewson, D., Hocking, J., Kaldor, J., Ong, J. J., Ryder, N., Sanci, L. A., Temple-Smith, M. J., Towns, J. M., Waring, L., Wigan, R., & Williamson, D. (2024). Multiplex PCR testing of anogenital lesions for Treponema pallidum and herpes simplex virus in primary care improves the detection of primary syphilis. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 51(1), S378-S379.
Hunter, B., Hocking, J. S., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Jung, J., Wigan, R., Chen, M. Y., Boyle, D., Chidgey, C., O'Donnell, H., & Goller, J. L. (2024). Development and acceptability of a digital tool for promoting syphilis testing in Australian general practice: qualitative study using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability. Sexual Health, 21(5). doi:10.1071/sh24097
Jung J., Goller J. L., Chondros P., Ong J., Biezen R., Pires D., Capurro D., Faux N., Manski-Nankervis J. A. (2025) The gonorrhoea care cascade in general practice: a descriptive study to explore gonorrhoea management utilising electronic medical records. Sexual Health 22, SH24140. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH24140
Jung, J., Biezen, R., Goller, J. L., Hocking, J., Chondros, P., & Manski-Nankervis, J. (2023). The chlamydia care cascade of young people attending Australian general practices; a descriptive study to assess gaps in care. Sexual Health, 20(6), 542-549. doi:10.1071/sh23096
King, A. J., Latt, P. M., Soe, N. N., Temple-Smith, M., Fairley, C. K., Chow, E. P. F., & Phillips, T. R. (2024). User experiences of an AI application for predicting risk of sexually transmitted infections. Digital Health, 10. doi:10.1177/20552076241289646
Liu, W., Lim, M. S. Y., Williams, H., & Temple-Smith, M. (2023). Contraceptive decision making among Chinese international students in Melbourne: findings from a qualitative investigation. Culture Health & Sexuality, 25(8), 960-975. doi:10.1080/13691058.2022.2112084
Peng, K. N., Tu, K. R., Li, Z., Hallinan, C. M., Laughlin, A., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Apajee, J., Lapadula, M. C., Ortigoza, A., Da Roza, C. C., Baste, V., Flottorp, S., Wensaas, K. A., Goh, L. H., Ling, Z. J., Kristiansson, R., Gaona, G., Pace, W. D., Westfall, J. M., Ng, A. P. P., & Wong, W. C. W. (2023). Global impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health services: An international comparative study on primary care from the INTRePID Consortium. Bjog-an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. doi:10.1111/1471-0528.17704
Permezel, J., Arnold, A. S., Thomas, J., Maepioh, A. L., Brown, R., Hafford-Letchfield, T., Skouteris, H., Hatzikiriakidis, K., & McNair, R. P. (2023). Experiences in the delivery of preconception and pregnancy care for LGBTIQA plus people: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of patient and healthcare provider perspectives. Midwifery, 123. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2023.103712
Uribe-Torres, C., Serrano, M. M., Valenzuela, P. B., Silva, M. B., Bilardi, J., & Temple-Smith, M. (2024). Paternal well-being perception during childbirth: Experience of prepared Chilean fathers after a prenatal education intervention. Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 58, e20240009.
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