BACKGROUND An increasing part of medical students' learning takes place in primary healthcare (PHC) but little is known about how the students perceive PHC as a clinical learning environment. This study aimed to explore medical students' perceptions of the clinical learning environment in PHC and how these vary with stage of education. METHODS Free-text course evaluation comments from student...

BACKGROUND In China, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction strategies are not systematically implemented in primary healthcare (PHC). We conducted an exploratory study to evaluate the preliminary effectiveness of our systematic CVD risk reduction package in one township hospital of Zhejiang. METHODS Using the Asian Equation, we selected subjects aged 40-74 years with a calculated 10-yea...

BACKGROUND Immigrants' utilization of primary health care (PHC) services differs from that of the host populations. However, immigrants are often classified in broad groups by continent of origin, and the heterogeneity within the same continent may hide variation in use among immigrant groups at a national level. Differences in utilization of PHC between sub-Saharan African immigrants have not ...

Primary care medical doctor (PHC) have a chance to sustenance the healthy eating behaviors of patients by giving nourishment education. This study aimed explore updated evidence concerning physicians’ knowledge and practice nutrition education in healthcare centers Saudi Arabia. A systematic review was conducted. We searched PubMed, Web Science, Science Direct, EBSCO, Cochrane library. Us...

BACKGROUND When a country's health system is faced with fundamental flaws that require the redesign of financing and service delivery, primary healthcare payment systems are often reformed. OBJECTIVES This study was conducted with the purpose of exploring the experiences of risk-adjusted capitation payment of urban family physicians in Iran when it comes to providing primary health care (PHC)...

BACKGROUND Pakistan has a broad system of primary health care facilities to achieve mission of "Health for all". Over the last seven years health expenditure by government of Pakistan has been increased to attain this goal. This study was conducted with the aim to assess all blocks of service readiness (basic equipment, basic amenities, laboratory capacity, standard precautions and essential me...

INTRODUCTION One important goal of strengthening and renewal in primary healthcare (PHC) is achieving health equity, particularly for vulnerable populations. There has been a flurry of international activity toward the establishment of indicators relevant to measuring and monitoring PHC. Yet, little attention has been paid to whether current indicators: 1) are sensitive enough to detect inequit...

There are many pathways to engaging in building primary health care (PHC) research capacity. These include students’ and residents’ projects, mentorship from colleagues engaged in research, and master’s and doctoral education. However, there are few graduate programs in Canada specifically in PHC research. An exemplary, one-of-a-kind tool for PHC research capacity building is Transdisciplinary ...

BACKGROUND Emphasis on quantity as the main performance measure may be posing challenges for Family Health Team (FHT) practices and organizational structures. This study asked: What healthcare practices and organizational structures are encouraged by the FHT model? METHODS An exploratory qualitative design guided by discourse analysis was used. This paper presents findings from in-depth semi-...

Background Community Health Workers (CHWs) are proven to be highly effective in low- and middle-income countries with many examples of successful large-scale programs. There is growing interest in deploying CHW programs in high-income countries to address inequity in healthcare access and outcomes amongst population groups facing disadvantage. This study is the first that examines the scope and...