Training practitioners to deliver opportunistic multiple behaviour change counselling in primary care: A Cluster randomised trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7901, 2013, Pages

  Butler, Christopher C ^a   Simpson, Sharon A ^a   Hood, Kerenza ^a   Cohen, David ^b   Pickles, Tim ^a   Spanou, Clio ^c   McCambridge, Jim ^d   Moore, Laurence ^a   Randell, Elizabeth ^a   Alam, M Fasihul ^b   Kinnersley, Paul ^a   Edwards, Adrian ^a   Smith, Christine ^a   Rollnick, Stephen ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EATING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; NURSE; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALES;

EID: 84875781664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f1191     Document Type: Article

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