background and objectives: while social network analysis has left a remarkable practical impact in the healthcare field, the potential implication of this methodology in the primary health domain is poorly researched. hence, this study aimed to explore the use and usefulness social network analysis in the context of primary health care. methods: the health volunteers of imam ali health center i...

BACKGROUND Psychosocial constructs are widely used to predict colorectal cancer screening and are targeted as intermediate outcomes in behavioral intervention studies. Reliable and valid instruments for measuring general colorectal cancer screening psychosocial constructs are needed; yet, few studies have conducted psychometric analyses. This study replicated a five-factor structure for 16 theo...

A subsidized primary care clinic in Singapore wanted to evaluate the impact of different patient appointment apportionment and patient-doctor allocation strategies on the cycle time that their patients need to spend during their clinic visits. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, there is limited literature on such studies. This paper aims to fill this research gap via scientific evaluation o...

AIMS (1) To determine the proportion of children evaluated for musculoskeletal pain in a paediatric primary care clinic over a three year period; (2) to describe the number of office visits due to musculoskeletal pain; (3) to categorise the more common presenting complaints; and (4) to characterise the aetiology of musculoskeletal pain in a paediatric primary care clinic. METHODS Retrospectiv...

OBJECTIVE To determine community support and identify appropriate learning methodologies, parameters of delivery, and intervention content. DESIGN Qualitative descriptive study in which participants were interviewed in a semistructured format. Data were analyzed thematically. SETTING An urban pediatric primary care clinic from which youths and parents were recruited. PARTICIPANTS Ten yout...

BACKGROUND Interventions to increase recommended cancer screening tests and discussions are needed. METHODS We developed PRE-VIEW (The PREventive VIdeo Education in Waiting Rooms Program), a multimedia cancer prevention intervention for primary care clinics based on the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change We pilot tested PRE-VIEW An Interactive Video Doctor plus Provider Alert for feasi...

BACKGROUND Health literacy screening is often not performed in clinical settings. One possible reason is the concern about the time involved in performing such assessments. Our objective was to measure the time required to administer the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) literacy assessment instrument to English-speaking primary care patients. METHODS The NVS was administered to 78 consecutive English-...

I met Diego (names in this article have been changed to protect patient privacy) for the first time in my primary care clinic at Boston Medical Center when he was 3 days old. When I entered the room, both he and his mother, Esmerelda, were crying. Esmerelda had fled an abusive relationship in the Dominican Republic and arrived in Boston alone, just in time to deliver her first son. She knew no ...

The United States is experiencing one of its largest migratory waves, so health providers are caring for many patients who do not speak English. Bilingual nurses who have not been trained as medical interpreters frequently translate for these patients. To examine the accuracy of medical interpretations provided by nurses untrained in medical interpreting, we conducted a qualitative, cross-secti...

BACKGROUND The chiropractic profession has been well established in Denmark for several decades with state authorization, partial reimbursement by the state and a formal academic education. Biennial systematic data collections among all chiropractors and clinics have been performed since 2010 in order to provide exact information on the profession to The Danish Chiropractic Association (DCA). I...