Recent Publications

Recent publications from the Department of General Practice and Primary Care.

9 March 2026 – 22 May 2026

Journal Articles

Banks, S., Lee, B., Ayres, N., Schrader, S., Thomson, B., Loveday, B. P. T., Michael, M., Barnett, F., McLachlan, S., Knowles, B., Nikfarjam, M., Emery, J., & Gibbs, P. (2026). Timeliness of Care and Treatment Patterns for Pancreatic Cancer in Victoria, Australia: Comparison With Optimal Care Pathways Targets. Anz Journal of Surgery. doi:10.1111/ans.70705

Biezen, R., Somasundaram, K., Ciavarella, S., Monaghan, T., Buising, K., & Manski-Nankervis, J. A. (2026). Implementing Information Resources to Support Shared Decisions in Australian Primary Care: A Qualitative Perspective of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Strategy. Antibiotics-Basel, 15(2). doi:10.3390/antibiotics15020216

Bourchier, L., Ware, L., Temple-Smith, M., Hocking, J. S., Tomnay, J., & Malta, S. (2026). Addressing Older Adults' Sexual Health Needs in Regional Primary Care: A Qualitative Study of Barriers and Enablers. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 34(2). doi:10.1111/ajr.70183

Braithwaite, D., Emery, J., Walter, F., Prevost, A. T., & Sutton, S. (2026). RETRACTION: Psychological impact of genetic counseling for familial cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Retraction: Familial Cancer, 25(2). doi:10.1007/s10689-026-00551-6

Bullock, S., Lingam, R., Wheeler, K., Meyers Morris, T., Miller, C., Adams, L., Peacock, K., Christie, A., Hodgins, M., Hiscock, H., Sanci, L., Taylor, N., & Crespo-Gonzalez, C. (2026). A Virtual Integrated General Practitioner-Pediatrician Model of Care Implemented in Metropolitan and Rural Primary Care Settings: Qualitative Analysis of Clinician Perspectives on the SUSTAIN Model of Care. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 28, e86707-e86707. doi:10.2196/86707

Caddy, C., Temple-Smith, M., & Coombe, J. (2026). “It’s Just Too Complex”: How Australian Men Perceive Sharing Responsibility for Contraception With Partners; A Qualitative Study. The Journal of Men s Studies. doi:10.1177/10608265261442194

Cheah, R., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Thursky, K., Rozova, V., Chidgey, C., Boyle, D., James, R., Biezen, R., & Capurro, D. (2026). Evaluating the Fitness for Purpose of Primary Care Data from Electronic Health Records for Automated Antimicrobial Prescribing Audits. Applied Clinical Informatics, 17(02), 225-236. doi:10.1055/a-2839-8787

Chen, X., Seow, D., Pascoe, A., Philip, J., Sanci, L., Spathis, A., & Smallwood, N. (2026). UNDERSTANDING THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFICACY OF INTEGRATED MODELS OF CARE FOR COPD: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Internal Medicine Journal, 56, 22-23.

Daryabeygi-Khotbehsara, R., Jansons, P., Zhang, Y. X., Nourse, R. A., Rawstorn, J. C., Sebastian, A. T., Kwasnicka, D., Tegegne, T. K., Dingler, T., Kostakos, V., Manski-Nankervis, J. A. E., Atherton, J. J., Oldenburg, B., Vasa, R., Abbott, G., Driscoll, A., Scuffham, P., Maeder, A., & Maddison, R. (2026). User design and testing of SmartHeart: A mobile app for heart failure self-care. Digital Health, 12. doi:10.1177/20552076261437249

Ebel, M., Bolmsjö, B. B., Bondesson, E., Mason, K. J., Jordan, K. P., Mughal, F., Thomas, M. J., Protheroe, J., Dunn, K. M., & Jöud, A. S. (2026). Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in primary care – A study on Swedish children and young people. The Journal of Pain, 40. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2026.106202

Ellis, K. A., Lai, R., Curran, E., Southam, J., Moorhead, R., Cox, K. L., Mancuso, S. G., Westphal, A., Chong, T. W. H., Rego, T., Palmer, V. J., Anstey, K. J., & Lautenschlager, N. T. (2026). Tailored Online Physical Activity Coaching for Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Cognitive and Mental Health Concerns: Single-Arm Pre-Post Intervention Study. Jmir Aging, 9. doi:10.2196/80040

Genovese, J., Duns, G., Katz, D., & Temple-Smith, M. (2026). Getting on top of sexual health: engaging young men in a dedicated Men's Sexual and Reproductive Health Service. Bju International, 137.

Harris, M., Tapp, C., Le, L. K. D., Faller, J., Bassilios, B., Burgess, P., Chatterton, M. L., Chondros, P., Scurrah, K., Spittal, M. J., Mihalopoulos, C., Gunn, J., & Pirkis, J. (2026). Who uses Better Access treatment services? A re-analysis of data from the usual care arms of two randomised controlled trials. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 60(1_SUPPL), 61-73. doi:10.1177/00048674251406028

Husain, N., Tofique, S., Kiran, T., Pierce, M., Chaudhry, I. B., Husain, M. O., Memon, R., Waqas, A., Gire, N., Edwards, S., Bassitt, P., Shakoor, S., Zaddeh, Z. F., Arshad, U., Colucci, E., Mughal, F., Shahid, S., Panagioti, M., Nizami, A. T., Jafri, F., Naeem, F., Emsley, R., Ansari, M. A., Sultan, S., Aggarwal, S., Williams, C., & Chaudhry, N. (2025). Effectiveness of YCMAP (youth culturally adapted manual assisted problem solving) intervention in adolescents after self-harm in Pakistan: multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Bmj, 390, e083272. doi:10.1136/bmj-2024-083272

Jameel A, Pope N, Hearn F, Tuteja A, Riggs E. Understanding equity-oriented maternity care for women of refugee background in high-income countries: a qualitative systematic review. Int J Equity Health. 2026 Apr 20;25(1):106. doi: 10.1186/s12939-026-02848-5. PMID: 42010559; PMCID: PMC13097718.

Jordan, J. E., Litterbach, E., Geerling, R., Lam, E. P., Fitzgerald, T., Kelly, R., Manski-Nankervis, J., Read, M., Ekinci, E. I., Skinner, T. C., Speight, J., & Holmes-Truscott, E. (2026). Meaningful engagement of lived experience in diabetes research and health service improvement: A rapid review of barriers to and enablers for community involvement among adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine. doi:10.1111/dme.70274

Kartal, D., Paul, C., Bartlett, G., Abraham, S., York, S., Bonevski, B., Emery, J. D., Vinod, S. K., Brims, F., Barker, D., Dodd, R. H., McCullough, S., Tse, J., Rhee, J., Brooke, M., May, J., Norris, S., Lantin, M. A. R., Nicholls, T., Marshall, H. M., Stone, E., Onwuka, S., Quaife, S. L., & Rankin, N. M. (2026). Ready to screen implementation trial protocol: a cluster randomized implementation trial comparing a bundled implementation strategy versus a simple implementation strategy to improve intention to screen in the Australian National Lung Cancer Screening Program. Implementation Science, 21(1). doi:10.1186/s13012-026-01496-1

Kuruppu, J., Giles, F., Gleeson, S., Novy, K., & Hegarty, K. (2026). Pathways to Safety: A qualitative evaluation of an Australian domestic violence training program for primary care. BMC primary care. doi:10.1186/s12875-026-03297-3

Lei, S., Venning, B., Pearce, A., & Emery, J. (2026). Variations in the investigation of colorectal cancer-related symptoms in Australian primary care: a retrospective cohort study. British Journal of General Practice. doi:10.3399/bjgp.2025.0619

Martinez-Gutierrez, J., Somasundaram, K., Bernardes, C. M., Rafiq, M., Schrader, S., Jordan, S., Chima, S., De Mendonca, L., Huckvale, K., Hunter, B., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Lawson, J., Anderson, K., Milch, V., Neale, R. E., & Emery, J. (2026). Clinical Decision Support Tool for Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection in Primary Care: Simulation Study. Jmir Formative Research, 10. doi:10.2196/79209

McBride, C., Hunter, B., Davis, E., McMorrow, R., & Manski-Nankervis, J. A. (2025). MenoPROMPT: co-design of a digital menopause pre-consultation tool for Australian general practice. Climacteric, 29(2), 270-276. doi:10.1080/13697137.2025.2576471

McFerran, K. S., Hillman, K., Tarzia, L., & Bibb, J. (2026). A theory of change for using musical-aesthetic and therapeutic factors in music therapy with adult trauma survivors. Arts in Psychotherapy, 98. doi:10.1016/j.aip.2026.102437

McIntosh, J. G., Goodwin, B., Ouakrim, D. A., Collins, K., Wilson, C., Baxter, N. N., Jiang, J. Y., Mahar, R. K., Flander, L., Emery, J. D., Chang, S. T., Taylor, N., Feletto, E., Lew, J. B., Canfell, K., Macrae, F., Greenwell, H., & Jenkins, M. (2026). Testing interventions to increase participation in the Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Program among persistent never-screeners: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 27(1). doi:10.1186/s13063-026-09553-2

McKenzie, B., Marshall, S. D., Sanci, L., Poonian, J., Nair, R., Selman, C. J., & Douglass, J. A. (2026). Organ failure type in fatal and near-fatal anaphylaxis: a systematic review. Bmj Open, 16(3). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108996

McKenzie, B. A., Marshall, S. D., Sanci, L. A., Moynihan, C., Selman, C., & Douglass, J. A. (2026). Mechanism of Cardiac Arrest in Fatal Anaphylaxis. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 56(5), 506-515. doi:10.1111/cea.70289

McKenzie, M., Tran, L. T., Forbes-Mewett, H., & Tarzia, L. (2026). Strengthening responses to sexual and/or intimate partner violence against women international students: Australian stakeholder perspectives. Higher Education Research & Development. doi:10.1080/07294360.2026.2634269

Medcalf, E., Ackermann, D. M., Williams, J. T. W., Turner, R. M., Espinoza, D., Wu, Z. H., Fann, A., Kharel, P., Janda, M., Cust, A. E., Irwig, L., Hersch, J. K., Low, D., Low, C., Guitera, P., Martin, L. K., Soyer, H. P., Azzi, A., Lilleyman, A., Rosengren, H., Mar, V., McRae, M. Y., Glanz, A., Collgros, H., Emery, J. D., Murchie, P., Morton, R. L., Ferguson, P., McLean, C., & Bell, K. J. L. (2026). Characteristics of Participants Screened and Randomized to the Melanoma Self Surveillance Trial. Jama Dermatology. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2026.0083

Mughal, F., Chew-Graham, C. A., Townsend, E., Armitage, C. J., Lewis, M., & Saunders, B. (2024). How GPs can help young people avoid future self-harm: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 74(749), e832-e838. doi:10.3399/bjgp.2024.0209

Mughal, F., Ougrin, D., Stephens, L., Vijayakumar, L., & Kapur, N. (2024). Assessment and management of self-harm and suicide risk in young people. Bmj, 386, e073515. doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-073515

Mughal, F., Saunders, B., Lewis, M., Armitage, C. J., Dikomitis, L., Lancaster, G., Townsend, E., & Chew-Graham, C. A. (2024). Exploring General Practitioners' Management of Self-Harm in Young People: A Qualitative Study. Health Expectations, 27(5), e70026. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70026

Mullin, S. P., Hardiman, R., Sloan, A. J., & Hegarty, K. (2026a). Experiences and Perceptions of Risk Among Australian Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Engage in Sexual Strangulation. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 55(2), 941-956. doi:10.1007/s10508-025-03328-7

Mullin, S. P., Hardiman, R., Sloan, A. J., & Hegarty, K. (2026b). "I Knew I was Going to Die …": The Experiences of Non-Consensual Strangulation Amongst Australian Men Who Have Sex with Men. Journal of Homosexuality. doi:10.1080/00918369.2026.2651436

Neil, J., Delany, C., McLindon, E., & Hegarty, K. (2026). General practitioner survivors' experiences working with family violence survivors: A qualitative study. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners. doi:10.3399/bjgp.2026.0032

Ngo, L., Sanci, L., Williams, I., Duncan, A.-M., & Russell, M. (2026). A cross-sectional investigation of university students’ mental health service awareness and use. Higher Education Research & Development, 1-16. doi:10.1080/07294360.2026.2670665

Obarcanin, E., Goh, S. Y., Holmes-Truscott, E., Gan, C., Lim, P. K., Ngee, L., Kawaja, A., Xiaoli, J. Z., Sng, A., Chew, D., Wan, S., & Manski-Nankervis, J. A. (2026). DOES LANGUAGE MATTER IN DIABETES CARE IN SINGAPORE? DEVELOPMENT OF A CULTURALLY RELEVANT SURVEY TO EXPLORE COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES ON LANGUAGE USE BY DIABETES HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, 28, 354S-355S.

Rafiq, M., Wawryk, O., Collins, I. M., Lee, A., Buzza, M., Neil, S., Freeman, J., & Emery, J. (2025). Rural Variations in Primary Care Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Survival: A Cohort Study Using Linked Australian Primary Care Electronic Medical Record Data. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 21.

Ramsay, G., Brooks, R., Wade, C., Liew, J. J. M., Alphonse, P., McIntosh, J., Forrest, L. E., Emery, J., & Saya, S. (2026). GP perspectives on genomics in primary care: a qualitative study on using polygenic risk scores to evaluate cancer risk. British Journal of General Practice, 76(765), e329-e338. doi:10.3399/bjgp.2025.0159

Rengasamy, E. R., Hiscock, H., Newlove-Delgado, T., & Mughal, F. (2024). Optimising access to primary care services for young people: lessons from England and Australia. British Journal of General Practice, 74(747), 440-442. doi:10.3399/bjgp24X739461

Sarkies, M., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Srinivasan, S., Raffoul, N., Mazariego, C., Carrigan, A., Hemmert, C., Glenn, N., Sullivan, D., Radford, J., Horton, A., Taylor, N., Best, S., Moullin, J. C., Pang, J., Braithwaite, J., & Watts, G. F. (2026). Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Guideline Recommendations for Key Aspects of Familial Hypercholesterolemia Management in Australia: Primary Care Integration, Paediatric Management, and Treatment Adherence. Heart Lung and Circulation, 35(4), 517-528. doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2025.09.013

Schrader, S., Rafiq, M., Martinez-Gutierrez, J., Waterhouse, M., Lee, B., Neale, R., & Emery, J. (2026). Decision support tools for pancreatic cancer detection: external validation in Australian primary care - a retrospective cohort study. British Journal of General Practice. doi:10.3399/bjgp.2025.0328

Sleaby, R., Furler, J., & Sanci, L. (2026). Digital health inequity in Australian primary care. Australian Journal of General Practice, 55(5), 259-263. doi:10.31128/ajgp-10-25-7853

Smallwood, N., Pascoe, A., Ly, L., Spathis, A., Hoare, S., Berends, L., Mant, J., Philip, J., Disler, R., Holland, A. E., Khor, Y., Osadnik, C., & Sanci, L. (2026). Co-designing a primary care delivered, breathlessness, self-management intervention for people with chronic respiratory disease. NPJ primary care respiratory medicine. doi:10.1038/s41533-026-00511-8

Taft, A. J., Young, F., Hegarty, K. L., Yelland, J., Mazza, D., Boyle, D., Norman, R., Garcia-Moreno, C., Nguyen, C., Li, X., Pokharel, B., Allen-Leap, M., & Feder, G. (2026). A culturally-safe primary care intervention for migrant/refugee women suffering domestic violence and abuse: HARMONY-a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC medicine, 24(1). doi:10.1186/s12916-026-04802-2

Taggart, J., Chin, M., Liauw, W., Goldstein, D., Uebel, K., Vuong, K., Mendoza-Jones, P., & Harris, M. F. (2026). Feasibility study of a colorectal cancer e-care plan for shared follow-up survivorship care. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 32(3). doi:10.1071/py25068

Tam, E., Mascarenhas, L., Mynard, A., & Temple-Smith, M. (2026). Qualitative evaluation of a social inclusion program for Karen and Karenni refugees in Victoria, Australia. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 32(3). doi:10.1071/py25237

Twycross, M., Thrower, E., Bellhouse, C., Bilardi, J., & Temple-Smith, M. (2026). 'The loss burns harder'. The experiences of LGBTIQA+ Australians following miscarriage. Culture, health & sexuality, 1-13. doi:10.1080/13691058.2026.2641512

Zhang, J. R., Ijzerman, M. J., McCarthy, D., Bergin, R. J., Kearney, C., Philip, S., Lee, A., Wang, X. F., Solomon, B., Alexander, M., Wright, G. M., & Emery, J. D. (2026). Diagnostic Delays in Thoracic Cancer Care: A Data-Linkage, Cohort Study between Primary Care, Hospital, and Registry Data. Health Data Science, 6. doi:10.34133/hds.0457

Conference Proceedings

Goller, J., Alexiou, Z., Bittleston, H., Munari, S., Temple-Smith, M., Sanci, L., Hocking, J., & Coombe, J. (2025). Strengthening Chlamydia Management in Australian General Practice Using Interventions That Align with Clinic Workflow. Paper presented at the Sexual Health. <Go to ISI>://WOS:001638537200627

Hachem, M., Kelly-Edwards, B., Hearn, T., Kelly, R., Cross, C., Bolitho, J., Eer, A., Sommerville, C., Twigg, S., Freund, M., O'Neal, D., Story, D., Brown, A., McLean, A., Zajac, J., Furler, J., O'Brien, R., Tran, A. D., Clarke, P., Braat, S., Koye, D., Atkinson-Briggs, S., Eades, S., Burchill, L., Ekinci, E., & Flashgm Study, C. (2026). IMPLEMENTING VIDEO CONSENTING FOR A CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING CLINICAL TRIAL FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES: THE FLASHGM STUDY. Paper presented at the Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. <Go to ISI>://WOS:001720530803186

Hachem, M., Kelly-Edwards, B., Hearn, T., Kelly, R., Cross, C., Eer, A., Sommerville, C., Freund, M., Twigg, S., O'Neal, D., Story, D., Brown, A., Zajac, J., Furler, J., O'Brien, R., McLean, A., Tran, A. D., Clarke, P., Braat, S., Koye, D., Atkinson-Briggs, S., Eades, S., Burchill, L., Ekinci, E., & Flashgm Study, C. (2026). THE USE OF CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING IN ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES: THE FLASHGM STUDY. Paper presented at the Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. <Go to ISI>://WOS:001720530803110

Kelly-Edwards, B., Hachem, M., Hearn, T., Kelly, R., Cross, C., Eer, A., Sommerville, C., Twigg, S., Freund, M., O'Neal, D., Story, D., Brown, A., McLean, A., Zajac, J., Furler, J., O'Brien, R., Tran, A. D., Clarke, P., Braat, S., Koye, D., Atkinson-Briggs, S., Eades, S., Burchill, L., Ekinci, E., & Flashgm Study, C. (2026). THE ROLE OF CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN IMPLEMENTING DIABETES TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVELY: THE FLASHGM STUDY. Paper presented at the Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. <Go to ISI>://WOS:001720530803064