Five preventive activities carried out during general practice consultations.

Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice.

Ambivalence related to potential lifestyle changes following preventive cardiovascular consultations in general practice: A qualitative study

BACKGROUND Motivational interviewing approaches are currently recommended in primary prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in general practice in Denmark, based on an empirical and multidisciplinary body of scientific knowledge about the importance of motivation for successful lifestyle change among patients at risk of lifestyle related diseases. This study aimed to explore a...

Preventive Medicine in General Practice

setting for prevention (9), (10); the general practitioner has frequent contact with the majority of a defined population, including those at risk. He or she is perceived as credible and trustworthy, communicates on a one to one basis with the patient and is supported by a primary care team. The potential for preventive medicine in general practice is beginning to be explored (11)?(15). Despite...

Childhood fever: a qualitative study on parents’ expectations and experiences during general practice out-of-hours care consultations

BACKGROUND Fever in children is common and mostly caused by benign self-limiting infections. Yet consultation rates in primary care are high, especially during GP out-of-hours care. Therefore, we aimed to explore experiences of parents when having visited GP out-of-hours services with their febrile child. METHODS We performed a qualitative study using 20 semi-structured interviews among paren...

Anti-smoking advice in general practice consultations: general practitioners' attitudes, reported practice and perceived problems.

BACKGROUND Anti-smoking advice from general practitioners has proven efficacy. However, general practitioners do not exploit a large proportion of opportunities to discuss smoking with patients. AIM A study aimed to explore general practitioners attitudes towards discussing smoking with patients and to assess how these influence the quantity of anti-smoking advice that general practitioners r...