Recent Publications

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

22 May 2026 – 21 August 2026

Journal Articles

Adams, L. A., Lei, S. K., Calzadilla-Bertot, L., Schrader, S., Frear, S., Zhou, C., Heywood, S. E., & Emery, J. (2026). The Prevalence and Risk Factors for at-Risk MASH and Advanced Liver Fibrosis in People With Metabolic Risk Factors in Primary Care. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. doi:10.1111/apt.70750

Barson, P., MacIsaac, P., Sanci, L., Temple-Smith, M., Trevena, J., Laughlin, A., & Chondros, P. (2026). The Richards Trauma Process: a before-after single-arm feasibility trial of a novel psychotherapy. Pilot and feasibility studies. doi:10.1186/s40814-026-01856-0

Bittleston, H., Sanci, L., Newton, S., Wardley, A., Johnston, C., Sawyer, S., Lim, M., Chondros, P., Temple-Smith, M., Skinner, S. R., Blashki, G., Boyle, D., Guy, R., Hocking, J. S., & Watson, C. J. (2026). General practitioner confidence with adolescent health: Baseline findings from a randomised controlled trial in general practice. Australian Journal of General Practice, 55(6), 394-399. doi:10.31128/ajgp-03-25-7615

Carey, J. J., Toovey, R., Imms, C., Shields, N., Palmer, V. J., Bibb, J., O'Keefe, F., Yates, M. J., Wallen, M., & Spittle, A. (2026). Using experience-based co-design to develop principles of a novel program that links young people with disability to participation in cycling (CycLink). Disability and Rehabilitation. doi:10.1080/09638288.2026.2636409

George, A., Kong, A., Poudel, P., Arora, A., Lau, P., Griffiths, R., Masoe, A., Sofronoff, S., Martin, R. E., Akerman, L., Wong, J. N. F., Uthurralt, N., Priede, A., Wong, V. W., Forsyth, C., Marwaha, P., Kezhekkekara, S., & Calache, H. (2026). Development and preliminary evaluation of an oral health training program for diabetes educators: a quasi-experimental study. Frontiers in Oral Health, 7. doi:10.3389/froh.2026.1819829

Glass, G. F., Jr., Ang, C. S., Weiss, M. E., Fan, X. Y., Cleland, J. A., & Manski-Nankervis, J. A. (2026). Improving healthcare professionals' usage of artificial intelligence-powered risk recommenders through enhancement of trust and acceptance: a rapid realist review protocol. Bmj Open, 16(5). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2026-118394

Hamilton, B. E., Brophy, L. M., Harvey, C. A., Fossey, E., Swann, M., Reece, J., Morrisroe, E., Palmer, V. J., Meadows, G. N., Mihalopoulos, C., Le, L., Edan, V., & Fletcher, J. (2026). Experiences and wellbeing of family members and carers, regarding PARCS across Victoria. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 17. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1777053

Hegarty, K., Brown, C., McLindon, E., FitzPatrick, K. M., & Tarzia, L. (2026). Validation of the Coercive-Composite Abuse Scale (C-CAS) in an Australian sample of women experiencing intimate partner abuse. Bmj Open, 16(6). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115748

Jones, J. L., Simons, K., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Hamblin, P. S., Lumsden, N. G., De Courten, M. P., Janus, E. D., & Nelson, C. L. (2026). Sustainability of an electronic technology-based intervention in general practice targeting improved detection and monitoring of the interrelated chronic vascular diseases. Bmc Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 26(1). doi:10.1186/s12911-026-03572-4

Kaylor-Hughes, C., Coe, A., Chondros, P., Densley, K., Fletcher, S., Chatterton, M. L., Hoyer, D., Chen, T., Ng, C., Mangin, D., Kendrick, T., Allnutt, Z., & Gunn, J. (2026). Structured Online Support to Inform and Assist Antidepressant Deprescribing in Primary Care (WiserAD Tool): Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. Jmir Research Protocols, 15. doi:10.2196/81858

Khadirnavar, A. A., Thomas, P. M., Das, A., Jangam, K. V., Hegarty, K., Satyanarayana, V., & Chandra, P. S. (2026). A Systematic Review on Psychometric Properties of Instruments Assessing Intimate Partner Violence in South Asian Countries. Trauma Violence & Abuse. doi:10.1177/15248380261443482

King, A. J., Wallace, S. J., Fothergill, L., Zingelman, S., Hudson, K., Worthy, P., King, M., Hlis, D., Fetherstonhaugh, D., Argus, G., Shrubsole, K., Coe, A., & Palmer, V. J. (2026). Evaluating the Co-Design and Implementation of a Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Communication in Aged Care: A Nested Process Evaluation Protocol. Health Expectations, 29(4). doi:10.1111/hex.70782

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, 27(1), 188. doi:10.1186/s12875-026-03297-3

LaGrappe, D., Taft, A., Hooker, L., Tarzia, L., & Edvardsson, K. (2025). Development of a comprehensive measure of reproductive coercion and abuse for global use: a Delphi study. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 33(1). doi:10.1080/26410397.2026.2652218

Lisy, K., Tieu, M., Laing, E., Gore, C., Schofield, P., Chan, R. J., Emery, J., Martin, A., Lourenco, R. D., & Jefford, M. (2026). Oncologist and General Practitioner Perspectives of Telehealth-Delivered Colorectal Cancer Survivorship Care. Psycho-Oncology, 35(5). doi:10.1002/pon.70491

Liu, W., See, J. S., Ong, J. J., Lau, P., Sanci, L., & Temple-Smith, M. (2026). Unpacking the complexity of contraceptive use among Chinese university students 2014-2024: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sexual Health, 23(4). doi:10.1071/sh26078

Mey, A., Guo, M. Y., Warriner, H., & Vuong, K. (2026). Factors influencing mutual trust in interprofessional partnerships within primary care settings: a systematic review. Family Practice, 43(5). doi:10.1093/fampra/cmag060

Moussa, D., Wallace, J., Richmond, J., Doyle, J., Nguyen, L., Boyle, D., Stoove, M., Asselin, J., Polkinghorne, V., Ahad, M., Glasgow, S., New, K., Sanci, L., Penn, M., Furler, J., Thompson, A., Hellard, M., & Howell, J. (2026a, May). Monitoring of the cascade of care in patients with chronic HBV in primary care clinics in Australia. Paper presented at the Journal of Hepatology.

Neil, J., Delany, C., McLindon, E., & Hegarty, K. (2026). GP survivors' experiences working with family violence survivors: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice. doi:10.3399/bjgp.2026.0032

O'Donnell, S., Fileborn, B., Douglas, H., McKenzie, M., & Tarzia, L. (2026). Ageism, rape myths, and disgust: Australian news media, older women, and sexual violence. Crime Media Culture. doi:10.1177/17416590261468672

Palmer, V., Heilenman, A., Thomas, J., Glass, D., & McMichael, A. (2026). Multimodal Management of Keloid and Hypertrophic Scars: A Review of Current Therapeutic Strategies. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 95(1), AB306-AB306.

Peart, C., Lewis, M., Bibb, J., Read, G., Tesfu, K., Rathore, K., Tan, L. X., Wong, T., Turner, A., Andalib, F., Ziero, G., Rule, J., Cao, L. D., Merritt, L., Rezaie, N., Shelton, T., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Coe, A., Gumbaynggirr, P. O. M., & Palmer, V. J. (2026). The way we do things matters: the deep integration of lived experience in the a/part of the crowd project to respond to loneliness in young adults. Research Involvement and Engagement, 12(1). doi:10.1186/s40900-026-00917-1

Priede, A., Mariño, R., Darby, I., & Lau, P. (2026). Using the COM-B Model and Theoretical Domains Framework to Understand Patients' Referral Compliance Following a Diabetes Screening in the Dental Setting. Endocrines, 7(2). doi:10.3390/endocrines7020023

Qin, V. M., Tan, K. N., Tan, G. P., Ho, V. L. Y., Yin, Z. Y., Wong, S. S., Wang, D. D., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., & Lee, E. S. (2026). Predictive performance of the PUMA questionnaire as an opportunistic COPD case-finding tool in Singapore primary care. NPJ primary care respiratory medicine, 36(1). doi:10.1038/s41533-026-00510-9

Rankin, N. M., Zosel, R., Whop, L. J., Maddox, R., McWilliams, A., Siemienowicz, M., Emery, J., Lantin, M. A. R., Bartlett, G., Wolfe, M., Diaz, A., Anderson, K., Liu, L. L., Toms, C., McDermott, S., Bligh, P., Chalke, J., Melsom, S., Nightingale, C. E., Brown, A., Pope, S., Brotherton, J., Fidler, A., Itel, M., Brooke, M., Pascoe, D. M., Brims, F., Leong, T. L., Stone, E., Keefe, D., & Milch, V. (2026). Program Guidelines for the National Lung Cancer Screening Program: Targeted Lung Cancer Screening in High-Risk Individuals in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 224(7). doi:10.5694/mja2.70234

Satyen, L., Williams, K., & Hegarty, K. (2026). Family and domestic violence training for mental health practitioners in Australia: recommendations for improved training. Clinical Psychologist. doi:10.1080/13284207.2026.2679447

Smallwood, N., Disler, R., Pascoe, A., Ly, L., Donald, A., Hancock, K., Osadnik, C., Khor, Y. H., Manski-Nankervis, J.-A., Spathis, A., Philip, J., & Sanci, L. (2026). BREATHE: an educational approach for optimising the management of chronic respiratory diseases in primary care. ERJ open research, 12(3), 00954-02025. doi:10.1183/23120541.00954-2025

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, 36(42). doi:10.1038/s41533-026-00511-8

Temple-Smith, M. (2025). Insulin: A Hundred-Year History. Health and History, 27(2), 143-145. doi:10.1353/hah.2025.a987650

Vos, J. A. M., Brandenbarg, D., Chan, R. J., Emery, J., Lisy, K., Nekhlyudov, L., & Jefford, M. (2026). Advancing models of survivorship care research: an overview and recommendations for future studies. Jnci-Journal of the National Cancer Institute. doi:10.1093/jnci/djag123

Zhao, Q. J., Flehr, A., Molloy, E., Sanci, L., Allin, S., Glazier, R., Webster, F., & Pinto, A. D. (2026). What are the Impacts of Task Shifting and Skill Mix Interventions in Primary Care? Results from a realist review. International Journal of Integrated Care, 26. doi:10.5334/ijic.ICIC25430

Conference Proceedings

Jones, J., Lumsden, N., Simons, K., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Frattaroli, V., DeCourten, M., Hamblin, P., Janus, E., & Nelson, C. (2020, Jun). SUSTAINABILITY OF AN ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY BASED INTERVENTION IN GENERAL PRACTICE TO IMPROVE THE DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE INTERRELATED CHRONIC VASCULAR DISEASES. Paper presented at the Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.

Moussa, D., Wallace, J., Richmond, J., Doyle, J., Nguyen, L., Boyle, D., Stoove, M., Asselin, J., Polkinghorne, V., Ahad, M., Glasgow, S., New, K., Sanci, L., Penn, M., Furler, J., Thompson, A., Hellard, M., & Howell, J. (2026b, May). SIMPLY-B pilot study: assessing hepatitis B treatment uptake in primary care clinics. Paper presented at the Journal of Hepatology.

Moussa, D., Wallace, J., Richmond, J., Doyle, J. S., Nguyen, L., Boyle, D., Stoove, M. A., Asselin, J., Polkinghorne, V., Ahad, M., Glasgow, S., New, K., Sanci, L., Penn, M., Furler, J., Thompson, A., Hellard, M., & Howell, J. (2026). Monitoring of the Cascade of Care in Patients With Chronic HBV in Primary Care Clinics in Australia. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 33(8). doi:10.1111/jvh.70203