Evaluation of Training Family Health Center Practice in Family Medicine Residency Education by Nesibe Derya Bayhan, Abdulkadir Kaya

“…Objective: Tertiary hospitals offer advanced health services, including chronic disease management, whereas primary health care centers focus on services such as pregnancy follow-up, child care, vaccination, and periodic health screenings. …”
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Effectiveness and maintenance of behavior change and exercise programs on depressive symptoms in older adults by Lucelia Borges, Simone Meurer, Tânia Benedetti

“…The research was conducted with the network of primary health care in a southern capital of Brazil. In total, 119 older adult participants were allocated into different groups: behavior change (BCG; n=40), exercise (EG; n=51) and control (CG; n=28), assessed at baseline (A1) and followed-up at three (A2), six (A3) and twelve months (A4). …”
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Lessons Learned from Van Earthquake in the Context of Urban Environment and Health by Bilge Kalanlar

“…Delivery of the primary health care to the victims after the Van earthquake has delayed and had some problems to continue it without interruption. …”
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Analysis of the implementation of the Kangaroo Method in a tertiary maternity hospital in Recife, Brazil by Joice Luiza Alves Cândido, Paulo Germano de Frias, Silvia Wanick Sarinho

“…The children were followed up at the discharge clinic (100%), but only 38.8% are in primary health care. Professionals were trained in the maternity ward (90%) and in primary care (37.5%). …”
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Experience in conducting clinical trials in Cienfuegos by Olga Lidia Cuevas Pérez, Diana Rosa Fernández Ruíz, Gredsy Escandón López, Mayra Quirós Enrique, Yuleidis García Rodríguez

“…There implementation extended to the Primary Health Care System and the Gustavo Aldereguia Lima Provincial Hospital was incorporated to the process of certification.…”
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Understanding health system responsiveness to public feedback at the sub-national level: Insights from Kilifi County, Kenya. by Nancy Kagwanja, Lucy Gilson, Benjamin Tsofa, Jill Olivier, Hassan Leli, Sassy Molyneux

“…SCHMTs comprise middle-level managers with oversight over primary health care facilities and are commonly known as district health management teams in other LMICs. …”
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Gaps in the Management of Type 2 Diabetic Patients in a Metropolitan Area of Havana by Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Linet Céspedes Hernández, Addys Díaz Piñera, René García Roche, Susana Balcindes Acosta

“…Out of them, 90.5 % attended primary health care. There were difficulties with attention due to organizational problems and lack of resources, although 85 % of the patients were satisfied with the received care. …”
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THE COST OF SMS REMINDER TO IMPROVE ARV ADHERENCE AMONG KEY POPULATIONS by Mery Nurma Juwita, Donny Hardiawan, Rozar Prawinegara, Miasari Handayani, Rudi Wisaksana, Pande Putu Januraga, Nurjannah Sulaiman, Adiatma Siregar

“…Results: From a provider's perspective, the highest cost was incurred in primary health care (PHC) clinics, while the lowest was in hospital clinics, most likely due to a much higher volume of SMS sent from hospitals. …”
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Assessment of services provided by urban ASHAs to mothers of urban slums in Lucknow district – A cross-sectional study by Santosh Kumar, Monika Agarwal, H Dinesh Kumar

“…Urban accredited social health activist (U-ASHA) workers in India are the main front-line urban health workers in primary health care delivery for slum and urban poor. Aims: To assess the services provided by U-ASHA workers to mothers of urban slums for antenatal and postnatal care. …”
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Evaluation of Impact of Prescribing Safety Assessment Workshop on Medical Doctors Using Kirkpatrick Model by Adnan Jehangir, Khalid Farooq Danish, Rahila Yasmeen, Waqas Rabbani, Farhana Ayub

“…Prescription writing errors are not infrequent at primary health care level leading to threat to patient safety. …”
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Overcoming challenges to integration of oral health into geriatric primary care by Alberto Enrique Varela, Donna Baluchi, Timothy W. Farrell, José E. Rodríguez

“…This manuscript presents four of those challenges (lack of communication between medical and dental providers, the distance between medical and dental services, patient discomfort with the inclusion of oral health in primary health care, and provider discomfort in requesting oral health information in medical encounters) with the solutions derived at the University of Utah Health. …”
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Chronic Gastritis in Dermatitis Herpetiformis: A Controlled Study by Anna Alakoski, Teea T. Salmi, Kaisa Hervonen, Hannu Kautiainen, Maarit Salo, Katri Kaukinen, Timo Reunala, Pekka Collin

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PRESBYACOUSSIS: JUSTIFICATION OF DIAGNOSIS IN SCREENING CONDITIONS by K.E. Gubskaya, M.M. Baibulov, Dinara Urazalina, Gulnara Tuleshova

“…The degree of optimization of specialized costly instrumental methods of diagnostics of presbycusis in the preliminary screening assessment by the survey method at the level of primary health care is also revealed. …”
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Impact of Essential Newborn Care education on Knowledge and Practice of New-Born Care among Nurses in Rural Primary Health Centres in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. by Eze, Clementina N., Elusoji, Christiana I., Okafor, Christiana N., Emeh, Augusta N., Obi, Ihuoma A., Odira, Chika C. H., Onyeabor, Juliana O., Nwafor, Amuchechukwu V., Ohanme, Eugene O.

“…Background: This study was designed to determine the level of knowledge and the extent of the practice of the components of essential new-born care (ENC), and the effects of a training program on the knowledge and practice of ENC among nurses in rural primary health care (PHCs) in Ebonyi state Nigeria. Methods: This study was a one-group pre-test and post-test intervention design. …”
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Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in a subpopulation of older European clinical trial participants: a cross-sectional study by Manuel R Blum, Patricia M Kearney, Rose Galvin, Christine Baumgartner, Anette Van Dorland, Stephen Byrne, Nicolas Rodondi, Simon P Mooijaart, Carol Sinnott, Rosalinde K E Poortvliet, Jacobijn Gussekloo, David O Riordan, Carole Elodie Aubert, Kieran A Walsh, Robert S Du Puy, J Wouter Jukema, Vera McCarthy, Elaine K Walsh, Tinh-Hai Collet, Olaf M Dekkers

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Final-year students’ perceptions of online integrated primary care learning by Aviva Ruch, Joel Francis, Ann Z. George

“…It focusses on primary health care training. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic exacerbated existing decentralised training challenges, including standardisation and patient exposure. …”
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Trigeminal neuralgia improvement following Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS): a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yazan AlHabil, Khulood Al-Sayed, Ashraf Salameh

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Salivary Hormones Leptin, Ghrelin, Glucagon, and Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 and Their Relation to Sweet Taste Perception in Diabetic Patients by Nada K. Al-Ghurayr, Ashjan M. Al-Mowalad, Ulfat M. Omar, Heba M. Ashi, Saad S. Al-Shehri, Abdelrahman A. AlShaikh, Shada M. AlHarbi, Hadeil M. Alsufiani

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Sustained Self-Regulation of Energy Intake: Initial Hunger Improves Insulin Sensitivity by Mario Ciampolini, David Lovell-Smith, Riccardo Bianchi, Boudewijn de Pont, Massimiliano Sifone, Martine van Weeren, Willem de Hahn, Lorenzo Borselli, Angelo Pietrobelli

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Survey situation of mental health of pregnant women with breast cancer: A systematic review study by Nasim Khademi, Farzaneh Rahimi, Shadi Goli

“…To improve the level of mental health of women with cancer in Iran, the following solutions are suggested: 1. strengthening mental health services in primary health care, 2. appointing the trustee of the unit to improve the level of interdepartmental leadership and intradepartmental governance, 3. determining sustainable and targeted financial resources to provide mental health services needed by pregnant women with cancer, 4. moving the financial resources allocated to insurance mechanisms for greater financial protection, 5. expanding the umbrella of social support, and 6. a behavioral educational program that can be used to improve mental health, especially the symptoms of depression and anxiety in pregnant women with cancer.…”
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