Implementing evidence-informed policy into practice for health care professionals managing people with low back pain in Australian rural settings: A preliminary prospective single-cohort study

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1657-1668

  Slater, Helen ^a,c   Briggs, Andrew M ^a,b,d   Smith, Anne J ^a   Bunzli, Samantha ^a   Davies, Stephanie J ^a,c   Quintner, John L ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Fremantle Hospital and Health Service   (Australia)

^d Arthritis Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health policy; Implementation; Interprofessional; Primary care; Remote access; Service delivery model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIKERT SCALE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SKILL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84911967220     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12351     Document Type: Article

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