Recent Publications

Recent publications from the Department of General Practice and Primary Care

Baloch, S., McLindon, E., Hameed, M., & Hegarty, K. (2025). South Asian women's lived experiences of health care after disclosure of family violence: a qualitative meta-synthesis review. Bmc Public Health, 25(1). doi:10.1186/s12889-025-21619-5

Beccia, C., McMorrow, R., Donald, A., De Mendonça, L., Hunter, B., White, M., & Manski-Nankervis, J. A. (2024). A systematic review of interventions in general practice to reduce diagnostic delay when diagnosing paediatric type 1 diabetes. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 97, 353-353.

Cameron, J., Spangaro, J., Spence, N., McMahon, T., Toole-Anstey, C., Walsh, J., Hegarty, K., Koziol-McLain, J., Zwi, A., & Perry, A. (2024). Someone's on my side'-Responding to intimate partner violence experienced by refugee women: A realist evaluation. Paper presented at the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Meeting Abstract retrieved from <Go to ISI>://WOS:001376753800020

Canaway, R., Dai, L., Hallinan, C., Caddy, C., Hegarty, K., & Boyle, D. (2024). The feasibility of integrating an alcohol screening clinical decision support tool into primary care clinical software: a review and Australian key stakeholder study. BMC primary care, 25(1). doi:10.1186/s12875-024-02662-4

Cheah, R., Chen, C., Capurro, D., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Rozova, V., & Thursky, K. (2025). A systematic review on how primary care electronic medical record data have been used for antimicrobial stewardship. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 5(1). doi:10.1017/ash.2024.499

El-Hayek, C., Nguyen, T., Hellard, M. E., Curtis, M., Sacks-Davis, R., Aung, H. L., Asselin, J., Boyle, D. I. R., Wilkinson, A., Polkinghorne, V., Hocking, J. S., & Dunn, A. G. (2024). Phenotyping people with a history of injecting drug use within electronic medical records using an interactive machine learning approach. Npj Digital Medicine, 7(1). doi:10.1038/s41746-024-01318-y

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, 20(11), 7989-8001. doi:10.1002/alz.14278

FitzPatrick, K. M., Brown, S. J., Hegarty, K., & Gartland, D. (2024). Intimate partner violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a longitudinal study of Australian mothers. Paper presented at the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Meeting Abstract retrieved from <Go to ISI>://WOS:001376753800032

Gartland, D., Conway, L., Giallo, R., Mensah, F., Cook, F., Hegarty, K., Herrman, H., Nicholson, J., Reilly, S., Hiscock, H., Sciberras, E., & Brown, S. (2024). Intimate partner violence in the first 10 years of life and child outcomes: An Australian pregnancy cohort study. Paper presented at the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Meeting Abstract retrieved from <Go to ISI>://WOS:001376753800035

Gibbs, A. J., Barton, C. J., Taylor, N. F., Kemp, J. L., Wallis, J. A., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., & Ezzat, A. M. (2024). General practitioners experience multi-level barriers to implementing recommended care for hip and knee osteoarthritis: a qualitative study. BMC primary care, 25(1). doi:10.1186/s12875-024-02658-0

Giles, F., McKenzie, M., McLindon, E., Hooker, L., Kyei-Onanjiri, M., & Hegarty, K. (2024). Health messaging scripts for domestic and family violence-Incorporating the voices of victim-survivors. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80, 10-10.

Hooker, L., Adams, C., Young, F., & Hegarty, K. (2024). TRANSFORMing maternal and child health nursing services to better identify and care for women and children experiencing family violence. Paper presented at the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Meeting Abstract retrieved from <Go to ISI>://WOS:001376753800043

Ioannou, L., Evans, S., King, M., Croagh, D., Pilgrim, C., Brown, W., White, K., Philip, J., Earnest, A., Attwood, D., Bairstow, P., Griffiths, T., Brady, L., D'Souza, B., Ayton, D., Liew, D., Emery, J., Rutherford, C., Scarborough, R., Liman, J., Dodson, T., Furness, K., Sherwell, S., Girgis, A., Neale, R., & Zalcberg, J. (2024). PROpatient: A registry-based randomised controlled trial of symptom monitoring, using patient-reported outcome measures and centralised care coordination, to improve quality of life in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancers. Paper presented at the Quality of Life Research. <Go to ISI>://WOS:001337302300306

Ioannou, L. J., Evans, S., King, M., Pilgrim, C., Croagh, D., Brown, W., White, K., Philip, J., Earnest, A., Ayton, D., Emery, J., Furness, K., Dodson, T., Liew, D., Liman, J., Scarborough, R., D'Souza, B., Griffiths, T., Brady, L., Girgis, A., Neale, R., & Zalcberg, J. (2024). PROpatient: A registry-based randomised controlled trial of symptom monitoring, using patient-reported outcome measures and centralised care coordination, to improve quality of life in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancers. Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology. <Go to ISI>://WOS:001352150600431

Jones, O. T., Calanzani, N., Scott, S. E., Matin, R. N., Emery, J., & Walter, F. M. (2025). User and Developer Views on Using AI Technologies to Facilitate the Early Detection of Skin Cancers in Primary Care Settings: Qualitative Semistructured Interview Study. Jmir Cancer, 11. doi:10.2196/60653

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(1). doi:10.1071/sh24140

Kuruppu, J., Humphreys, C., McKibbin, G., & Hegarty, K. (2024). Tensions in the therapeutic relationship: Emotional labour in the response to child abuse and neglect in primary healthcare. Paper presented at the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Meeting Abstract retrieved from <Go to ISI>://WOS:001376753800053

LaGrappe, D., Taft, A., Tarzia, L., Hooker, L., & Edvardsson, K. (2024, Nov). Do current measures for reproductive coercion and abuse capture the experiences of all?: A qualitative study to explore the perspectives of lived experience and professional experts. Paper presented at the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Leggett, N., Emery, K., Rollinson, T. C., Deane, A., French, C., Manski-Nankervis, J., Eastwood, G., Miles, B., Witherspoon, S., Stewart, J., Merolli, M., Abdelhamid, Y. A., & Haines, K. J. (2024). Solutions to Reduce the Fragmentation of Care Between Intensive and Primary Care to Improve the Quality of Critical Care Survivorship. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 209.

Leibowitz, R., Lewis, S., Delatycki, M., Massie, J., Emery, J., & Archibald, A. (2024). Offering reproductive genetic carrier screening for cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy and fragile X syndrome: Views of Victorian general practitioners. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53(12).

Leusder, M., Relijveld, S., Demirtas, D., Emery, J., Tew, M., Gibbs, P., Millar, J., White, V., Jefford, M., Franchini, F., & Ijzerman, M. (2024). Toward value-based care using cost mining: cost aggregation and visualization across the entire colorectal cancer patient pathway. Bmc Medical Research Methodology, 24(1). doi:10.1186/s12874-024-02446-5

Maddison, R., Nourse, R., Daryabeygikhotbehsara, R., Tegegne, T. K., Jansons, P., Rawstorn, J. C., Atherton, J., Driscoll, A., Oldenburg, B., Vasa, R., Kostakos, V., Dingler, T., Abbott, G., Scuffham, P., Manski-Nankervis, J. A. E., Kwasnicka, D., Kensing, F., Islam, S. M. S., Maeder, A., & Zhang, Y. X. (2025). Digital Home-Based Self-Monitoring System for People with Heart Failure: Protocol for Development of SmartHeart and Evaluation of Feasibility and Acceptability. Jmir Research Protocols, 14. doi:10.2196/62964

Marsden, S., Humphreys, C., & Hegarty, K. (2024). A model to facilitate Trauma and Domestic Violence-informed Practice with survivors. Paper presented at the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Meeting Abstract retrieved from <Go to ISI>://WOS:001376753800062

Martinez-Gutierrez, J., De Mendonca, L., Ly, P., Lee, A., Hunter, B., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Chima, S., Daly, D., Fishman, G., Lim, F. S., Wang, B., Nelson, C., Nicholson, B., & Emery, J. (2024). A scoping review of unexpected weight loss and cancer: risk, guidelines, and recommendations for follow- up in primary care. BJGP Open, 8(4). doi:10.3399/bjgpo.2024.0025

Martinez-Gutierrez, J., Soto, M. G., Rioseco, A., Bienzobas, C., Fowler, M., Ulloa, G., Soto, M., Emery, J. D., & Puschel, K. (2025). Are we ready? assessing effectiveness and implementation of cancer control strategies in primary care: a comprehensive review of systematic reviews. Family Practice, 42(2). doi:10.1093/fampra/cmae078

McBride, C., Hunter, B., Lumsden, N., Somasundaram, K., McMorrow, R., Boyle, D., Emery, J., Nelso, C., & Manski-Nankervis, J. A. (2024). Clinical Acceptability of a Quality Improvement Programfor Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk in People WithChronic Kidney Disease in Australian General Practice:Qualitative Study. Jmir Human Factors, 11. doi:10.2196/55667

McIntosh, J. G., Wood, A., Jenkins, M., Onwuka, S., Chondros, P., Campbell, T., Wenkart, E., O'Reilly, C., Dixon, I., Toner, J., Gutierrez, J. M., Govan, L., & Emery, J. D. (2024). Using an SMS to improve bowel cancer screening: the acceptability and feasibility of a multifaceted intervention. Family Practice. doi:10.1093/fampra/cmae073

Munari, S. C., Coombe, J., Bittleston, H., Temple-Smith, M., Fairley, C. K., Bateson, D., Hellard, M., Goller, J. L., Hocking, J. S., & Mo, C. C. A. I. (2025). Facilitators and barriers to adopting a multifaceted chlamydia management intervention in general practice: qualitative findings from Management of Chlamydia Cases in Australia (MoCCA). Australian Journal of Primary Health, 31(1). doi:10.1071/py24179

Orcher, P., Palmer, V. J., & Yunkaporta, T. (2025). Danger Is a Signal, Not a State: Bigaagarri-An Indigenous Protocol for Dancing Around Threats to Wellbeing. Social Sciences-Basel, 14(1). doi:10.3390/socsci14010027

Paterson, K. L., Shearer, S., Bennell, K. L., Bryant, A., Li, P. X., De Silva, A. P., Lamb, K. E., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., & Hinman, R. S. (2025). SHoes for Adolescent PatEllofemoral pain: study protocol for the SHAPE Australian community-based, randomised clinical trial. Bmj Open, 15(2). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091393

Rafiq, M., White, B., Barclay, M., Abel, G., Renzi, C., & Lyratzopoulos, G. (2025). A UK population-based case-control study of blood tests before cancer diagnosis in patients with non-specific abdominal symptoms. British Journal of Cancer. doi:10.1038/s41416-024-02936-9

Robertson, C., Chapman, J. J., Stewart, V., Castles, C., Palmer, V. J., Lovelock, H., Hawkins, K., Banfield, M., Wheeler, A. J., Investigator, L. N. C. M. H. R. T., Policy, A. N. C. I., & Practice, C. (2025). Translational research in Australian mental health policy: a scoping review. Australian Health Review, 49(1). doi:10.1071/ah24259

Spangaro, J., Spence, N., Hegarty, K., Koziol-McLain, J., Walsh, J., Cameron, J., McMahon, T., Man, N., Toole-Anstey, C., Zwi, A., & Perry, A. (2024). Refugee women in settlement services and screening for coercive control. Paper presented at the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Meeting Abstract retrieved from <Go to ISI>://WOS:001376753800077

Spence, N., Spangaro, J., Man, N., Cameron, J., Hegarty, K., Koziol-McLain, J., McMahon, T., Perry-Indermaur, A., Toole-Anstey, C., Walsh, J., & Zwi, A. (2024). The acceptability of intimate partner violence screening and response among refugee women accessing Australian resettlement services. Plos One, 19(12), e0315061-e0315061. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0315061

Taft, A., Young, F., Hegarty, K., Yelland, J., Mazza, D., Feder, G., Norman, R., Boyle, D., Nguyen, C., Garcia-Moreno, C., Li, X., Pokharel, B., & Leap, M. A. (2024). Testing cultural competency in domestic violence. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80, 42-43.

Tarzia, L., & McKenzie, M. (2024). Reproductive coercion and abuse: Understanding perpetrator motivations and overlaps with coercive control. Paper presented at the Journal of Advanced Nursing. <Go to ISI>://WOS:001376753800079

Tarzia, L., McLindon, E., Brown, C., McKenzie, M., Giles, F., Kyei-Onanjiri, M., & Hegarty, K. (2024). Understanding the context and dynamics of violence to enhance measurement. Paper presented at the Journal of Advanced Nursing. <Go to ISI>://WOS:001376753800007

Temple-Smith, M. (2025). The Centenary Series-STIs Through the Ages: A Medical and Social Journey: The 1910 syphilis experiment in Melbourne. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 101(1), 3-4.

Thai, T., Engel, L., Eades, S., Sanci, L., William, R., Gregory, P., Whitby, J., & Mihalopoulos, C. (2024). Content and face validity of preference-based quality of life instruments in indigenous youth experiencing mental health problems: a qualitative study. Quality of Life Research. doi:10.1007/s11136-024-03870-2

Tu, K. R., Lapadula, M. C., Apajee, J., Bonilla, A. O., Baste, V., Cuba-Fuentes, M. S., de Lusignan, S., Flottorp, S., Gaona, G., Goh, L. H., Hallinan, C. M., Kristiansson, R. S., Laughlin, A., Li, Z., Ling, Z. J., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Amy, P. P. N., Scattini, L. F., Silva-Valencia, J., Pace, W. D., Wensaas, K. A., Wong, W. C. W., Zingoni, P. L., Westfall, J. M., & IntrePid. (2024). Changes in reasons for visits to primary care after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: An international comparative study by the International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers (INTRePID). Plos Global Public Health, 4(8). doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0003406

Werdhani, R. A., Wanda, D., Surasno, H. M. F., Anindhita, M., Koloi, V. S., Ekawati, F. M., Widyahening, I. S., & Sanci, L. A. (2025). Adolescent and young adult-friendly primary health care services in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Discover Social Science and Health, 5(1). doi:10.1007/s44155-025-00150-3

Wu, Z. H., Nickel, B., Boroumand, F., Elder, D., Ferguson, P. M., Scolyer, R. A., O'Brien, B., Barnhill, R., Adamson, A. S., van Akkooi, A. C. J., Emery, J., Parker, L., Low, D., Low, C., Davies, E., Liu, S., Lewis, S., Spongberg-Ross, B., & Bell, K. J. L. (2024). Impact of alternative diagnostic labels for melanoma in situ on management choices and psychological outcomes: protocol for an online randomised study. Bmj Open, 14(12). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089558

Zhang, D. Z., Tang, K. S., & Lau, P. (2025). Experiences and reflections of doctors on the operations of designated clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong: a qualitative study. Bmc Health Services Research, 25(1). doi:10.1186/s12913-025-12390-9