Recent Publications

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

Journal Articles

Abdu, N., Robertson, C., Chapman, J., Palmer, V. J., Banfield, M., Wheeler, A. J., Neil, A. L., & Grp, A. L. N. C. M. H. R. T. I. (2025). Foundations of the ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation: Impact evaluation protocol. Ssm-Mental Health, 8. doi:10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100525

Adams, L. A., de Guingand, D., Jeffrey, G. P., Thompson, A. J., Strasser, S. I., Crawford, D., Collins, L., Reid, C., Wallace, M., Chondros, P., Allard, N., Kirke, A., Rutherford, C., Hespe, C., Partanen, R., Frear, S., Napreet, H., Piakis, K., Maas, C., White, O. J., Laughlin, A., Clinton-McHarg, T., Clymer, C., Boyd, L., & Emery, J. (2025). The IC3 trial: protocol for a multicentre individually randomised controlled trial to compare a cirrhosis detection and hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance pathway vs usual care in Australian general practice for 45-75 years old with risk factors for chronic liver disease. Trials, 26(1). doi:10.1186/s13063-025-09037-9

Anemaat, L., Copland, D. A., Palmer, V. J., & Wallace, S. J. (2025). Co-Designing Aphasia Services: Evaluation of Involvement and Processes to Support Inclusion of People With Post Stroke Aphasia. Health Expectations, 28(4). doi:10.1111/hex.70372

Berk, M., Rossell, S., Barutchu, A., Batterham, P., Calear, A., Clark, S., Carbines, E., Darwin, L., Davey, C., Haroutonian, C., Hood, S., Iyer, R., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Kaur, P., Lavoie, S., Markus, A., McDonald, E., Mihalopoulos, C., Mills, K., O'Neil, A., Rodgers, A., Schultz, C., Siskind, D., & Sundram, S. (2025). MENTAL HEALTH AUSTRALIA GENERAL CLINICAL TRIAL NETWORK (MAGNET) - CONNECTING KNOWLEDGE FOR BETTER MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 28, ii45-ii46. doi:10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.091

Bibb, J., Dimopoulos-Bick, T., McMahon, K., Tjung, C., Orcher, P., & Palmer, V. J. (2025). The co-design of a children's health and wellbeing Local model of care to embed early mental health intervention and prevention within community ecosystems. Mental Health & Prevention, 40. doi:10.1016/j.mhp.2025.200457

Bibb, J., Hines, M., & Bonomo, Y. (2025). The therapeutic potential of including songs that reference drugs and alcohol during music therapy for adults undergoing substance withdrawal: A grounded theory study. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy. doi:10.1080/08098131.2025.2549683

Ezzat, A. M., Gibbs, A., Silva, D. D., Pazzinatto, M. F., Kemp, J. L., Manski-Nankervis, J., & Barton, C. J. (2025). Development and evaluation of a behaviour change intervention to increase general practitioner REferral of people with hip and knee osteoarthritis to community-based First-linE caRe (REFER): a mixed methods study. BMC primary care, 26(1). doi:10.1186/s12875-025-02968-x

Flehr, A., Dowrick, C., Kaylor-Hughes, C., & Gunn, J. (2025). Uniting depression care through generalism: a primary care-informed response to the Lancet–World Psychiatric Association Commission’s call for action on depression. The Lancet Primary Care, 1(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanprc.2025.100042

Flehr, A., Lapadula, M. C., Hallinan, C. M., Ng, A. P. P., Mason, K., Chan, L., ... & Haeme, R. (2025). International health data trends in anxiety-related and depression-related visits to primary care before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by INTRePID. The Lancet Primary Care. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanprc.2025.100070

Gulliver, A., Gulliver, K., Liddle, S., Bibb, J., English, P., & Banfield, M. (2025). 'A mouthpiece to make a positive impact': Australian journalists' attitudes, knowledge, and experiences reporting on mental ill-health and suicide in sportspeople. Media International Australia. doi:10.1177/1329878x251375137

Haines, K. J., Leggett, N., Hibbert, E., Abdelhamid, Y. A., Bates, S., Berney, S., Bicknell, E., Booth, S., Carmody, J., Cox, C., Cruwys, T., Emery, K., Farley, K. J., Ferrante, L., French, C., Harhay, M. O., Holland, A., Karahalios, E., Kiossoglou, G., Klaic, M., Knott, C., Le Fevre, P., Litton, E., MacLeod-Smith, B., Maiden, M., Marshall, A. P., Rai, S., Sanci, L., Smith, J., An, T. D., Deane, A. M., Icu, R.-D. S. I., & Australian New Zealand Intensive Care Soc Clinical Trials, G. (2025). icuRESOLVE-D (Intensive Care Unit REcovery Solutions cO-Led through surVivor Engagement-Digital): Protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial of digital peer support for adult survivors of critical illness. Australian Critical Care, 38(6). doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2025.101303

Hoe, C., Shahab, Y., & Lau, P. (2025). 'Back to square one' - experiences influencing topical corticosteroid use in paediatric atopic dermatitis. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 31(5). doi:10.1071/py25119

Jaja, J. M., Abbott, P., & Lau, P. (2025). A multi-sectoral scoping review of co-design theoretical models. Codesign-International Journal of Cocreation in Design and the Arts. doi:10.1080/15710882.2025.2541289

Lau, P., Ryan, S., Alrubayi, B., Bannister, L., Pakkiam, D., Abbott, P., Tannous, K., Trankle, S., Peters, K., Page, A., Cochrane, N., Usherwood, T., & Reath, J. (2025). Indicators of high-quality general practice to achieve Quality Equity and Systems Transformation in Primary Health Care (QUEST-PHC) in Australia: a Delphi consensus study. Plos One, 20(9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0327508

Lei, S., Yenning, B., Pearce, A., Lee, A., & Emery, J. (2025). Patterns of diagnostic testing for oesophagogastric cancer-related symptoms in Australian primary care: a retrospective cohort study. British Journal of General Practice, 75(759), 686-694. doi:10.3399/bjgp.2024.0621

Li, P. K. T., Cheung, M., Chow, K. M., Leung, M. K. W., Lim, L. L., Lui, J. N. M., Luk, A. O. Y., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Seidu, S., Tandon, N., Liew, A., Lin, P., Pang, F. C., Tian, N., Ueki, K., Wong, M. C. S., Zoungas, S., Loo, K. M., Chung, K. L., Hung, V. H. F., Vu, H. T. T., Lee, M., Sung, J. M., Szeto, C. C., Tsang, M. W., Wong, S., Ng, J. K. C., Chung, H., Tang, S. C. W., Kung, K., Lui, S. L., Chao, D. V. K., Cyzewski, C., Green, T., & Chan, J. C. N. (2025). Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes Summit Recommendations on Implementation of Diabetes Management in CKD: From Primary to Data-Driven Collaborative Care. Kidney International Reports, 10(8), 2551-2565. doi:10.1016/j.ekir.2025.06.010

Lisy, K., Tieu, M., Gore, C., Schofield, P., Chan, R. J., Emery, J., Martin, A., Lourenco, R. D., & Jefford, M. (2025). Oncologist and General Practitioner Perspectives of Shared Care for Colorectal Cancer Survivors: A Qualitative Study. Psycho-Oncology, 34(7). doi:10.1002/pon.70223

McKenzie, M., Medel, C. N., Tran, L. T., Forbes-Mewett, H., Murdolo, A., & Tarzia, L. (2025). A Shattered Dream: Women International Students' Experiences of Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence in Australia. Journal of Family Violence. doi:10.1007/s10896-025-00938-6

Naicker, S., Chua, D., Halcomb, E., Harris-Roxas, B., Harris, M., & Vuong, K. (2025). Optimising prevention activities in primary care for cancer survivors: a novel socio-technical approach using the Functional Resonance Analysis Method. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 31(5). doi:10.1071/py24186

Puschel, K., Arancibia, V., Rioseco, A., Paz, S., Soto, M. G., Martinez, J., Faundez, M., Acevedo, F., Di Biase, F., Emery, J., León, A., Are, C., & Thompson, B. (2025). Challenges of cancer survivorship care in Chile: a longitudinal study comparing the quality of care and quality of life for cancer survivors in a primary care network and a cancer centre in Chile. Bmj Open, 15(8). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097015

Sam, X. H., Quak, G. S. W., Chng, A. C. E., Lee, E. S., & Manski-Nankervis, J. A. (2025). Enabling general practice research in singapore: A qualitative exploration of barriers, facilitators and solutions. BMC primary care, 26(1). doi:10.1186/s12875-025-02964-1

Schillok H, Gensichen J, Panagioti M, Gunn J, Junker L, Lukaschek K, Jung-Sievers C, Sterner P, Kaupe L, Dreischulte T, Ali MK, Aragonès E, Bekelman DB, Belnap BH, Carney RM, Chwastiak LA, Coventry PA, Davidson KW, Ekstrand ML, Flehr A, Fletcher S, Hölzel LP, Huijbregts K, Mohan V, Patel V, Richards DA, Rollman BL, Salisbury C, Simon G, Srinivasan K, Unützer J, Wells KB, Zimmermann T, Bühner M. Effective components of collaborative care for depression in primary care: an individual participant data meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry. 2025 1;82(9):868-76. https://doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.0183

Sleaby, R., Canaway, R., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., & Boyle, D. (2025). Clinician perspectives on linked electronic health records for preventing type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes in primary care-an Australian qualitative study. Bmj Open, 15(9). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094072

Stam, N. C., Shrestha, M., Tas, B., Furler, J., Bonomo, Y., & Strang, J. (2025). Analysis of rapid onset heroin overdose cases from a supervised injecting facility in Melbourne, Australia. Addiction. doi:10.1111/add.70199

Tarzia, L., Chondros, P., Trevena, J., Hegarty, K., Russell, M., & Sanci, L. (2025). Exploring experiences of co-occurring sexual violence and fear of partner in an Australian university sample. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 1-21.

Tarzia, L., Egan, N., Harris, M. L., & Loxton, D. (2025). Prevalence and Predictors of Reproductive Coercion and Abuse by a Partner Among a National Population Sample in Australia. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi:10.1177/08862605251372576

Thuraisingam, S., Black, J. E., Dowsey, M. M., Chondros, P., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Garies, S., & Williamson, T. S. (2025). An overview of developing clinical prediction models in family practice. Family Practice, 42(5). doi:10.1093/fampra/cmaf075

Versace, V., Boyle, D., Janus, E., Dunbar, J., Feyissa, T. R., Belsti, Y., Trinder, P., Enticott, J., Sutton, B., Speight, J., Boyle, J., Cooray, S. D., Beks, H., O'Reilly, S., Mc Namara, K., Rumbold, A. R., Lim, S., Ademi, Z., & Teede, H. J. (2025). Developing and validating a risk prediction model for conversion to type 2 diabetes mellitus in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus: protocol for a population-based, data-linkage study. Bmj Open, 15(9). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106052

Vivian Lin, Rachel Canaway, Anne-Louise Carlton, Nadine Ijaz, Gupteswar Patel, Natewinde Sawadogo, Hongguo Rong, Kabir Sheikh (2025) “Workforce, regulation and capacity needed for integration of traditional medicine” Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 103(12):814-822. doi: 10.2471/BLT.25.293560

Wallace, H., Preston, C., Wang, Q. M., Lumsden, N., Hunter, B., Daly, J. O., Jun, M., Kevat, D., & Nelson, C. (2025). Baseline analysis of the patterns of CKD care in an implementation trial using future health today in primary care. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 40. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfaf116.0583

Wong, J., Frayne, J., Smith, S., Bilardi, J., & Temple-Smith, M. (2025). Miscarriage communication in Australia: insights from women and general practice trainees. Bmc Pregnancy and Childbirth, 25(1). doi:10.1186/s12884-025-08004-1

Conference Proceedings

Beccia, C., Chondros, P., Hunter, B., White, M., Laughlin, A., McBride, C., & Manski-Nankervis, J. A.(2025) Canaries in the coal mine: a descriptive analysis of pathology investigations for paediatric diabetes using general practice electronic medical records. Paper presented at the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care 2025 Annual Research Conference.

Coombe, J., Hocking, J. S., Alexiou, Z., Bittleston, H., Munari, S., Temple-Smith, M., Sancid, L., & Gollera, J.(2025) Supporting Australian general practitioners to engage in best practice chlamydia management through the provision of resources that integrate into clinic workflow. Paper presented at the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care 2025 Annual Research Conference.

Deng, D. Y., Flehr, A., Densley, K., Johnson, C., & Chondros, P.(2025) Impact of comorbid depression on myocardial infarction mortality and/or all-cause mortality in adult patients: a scoping review using a systematic approach. Paper presented at the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care 2025 Annual Research Conference.

Flehr, A., Dowrick, C., Kaylor-Hughes, C., & Gunn, J.(2025) Uniting depression care through generalism. A primary care response to the Lancet-World Psychiatric Commission's call for united action on depression: a review informed by a realist synthesis approach. Paper presented at the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care 2025 Annual Research Conference.

Forrester, B., Fisher, G., Ellis, L., Spanos, S., Sheriff, S., Saba, M., & Braithwaite, J.(2025) Learning from quality, safety, and performance indicators in primary care: a systematic review of barriers and facilitators to implementation. Paper presented at the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care 2025 Annual Research Conference.

Giles, F., Gleeson, S., Komen, R., Novy, K., Kuruppu, J., & Hegarty, K.(2025) The Readiness Program: a mixed methods evaluation of a national domestic and family violence training program for primary care. Paper presented at the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care 2025 Annual Research Conference.

Harte, S., Panozzo, P., Lushington, H., Sanci, L., & Emery, J.(2025) The PARTNER Network: creating enduring infrastructure for primary care research in rural, regional and remote communities. Paper presented at the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care 2025 Annual Research Conference.

Lane, R., Sanci, L., Russell, G., Elliott, T., Kennedy, E., & Kaylor-Hughes, C.(2025) Building capacity to translate research into practice. Paper presented at the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care 2025 Annual Research Conference.

Luke, M., McIntosh, J., Saya, S., Sursock, S., Bickerstaffe, A., Punnoose, A., Macrae, F., & Emery, J.(2025) CRISP-C-Making a Colorectal Cancer Risk Prediction (CRISP) Tool available to the public: what needs to be done to make it usable? Paper presented at the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care 2025 Annual Research Conference.

Prada, E. D. I., Le, T. N., Lane, R., Barton, C., Johnson, C., Sanci, L., & Russell, G.(2025) How well do hospitals prepare the GPs of the future? Insights from the CREATE Project. Paper presented at the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care 2025 Annual Research Conference.

Tam, E., Mascarenhas, L., Mynard, A., & Temple-Smith, M.(2025) Evaluating a social inclusion program for Karen and Karenni refugees in Victoria, Australia: a qualitative approach. Paper presented at the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care 2025 Annual Research Conference.

Thrower, E., Temple-Smith, M., Twycross, M., Bilardi, J., & Bellhouse, C.(2025) Experiences of miscarriage in the LGBTIQA plus community-what can we do to improve online information and support? Paper presented at the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care 2025 Annual Research Conference.

Book Chapters

Flehr, A., Johnson, C., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Gunn, J. DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN AUSTRALIA. In Sidik, S. M., & Goodyear-Smith, F. (Eds.). (2023). Anxiety and Depression in Primary Care: International Perspectives. CRC Press.