Predictors of primary care referrals to a vascular disease prevention lifestyle program among participants in a cluster randomised trial

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Passey, Megan E ^a   Laws, Rachel A ^b   Jayasinghe, Upali W ^c   Fanaian, Mahnaz ^c   McKenzie, Suzanne ^c,d   Powell Davies, Gawaine ^c   Lyle, David ^e   Harris, Mark F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Health behaviour; Lifestyle modification; Preventive health care; Referral

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84865233268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-234     Document Type: Article

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