JPHC December 2011

Volume 3, Number 04 December 2011 JPHC index ISSN 1172-6156 (Online)

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Editorials

From the Editor

An eclectic issue
Felicity Goodyear-Smith

Guest Editorials

Understanding the prevalence of long-term conditions
Mike Pringle

I suggest you take up some exercise like running
Martin Dawes

Original Scientific Papers

Quantative Research

Can the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes be estimated from linked national health records? The validity of a method applied in New Zealand
Simon Thornley, Craig Wright, Roger marshall, Gary Jackson, Paul Drury, Susan Wells, James Smith, Wing Cheuk Chan, Romana Pylypchuk, Rod Jackson

Randomised controlled trial of informal team sports for cardirespiratory fitness and health benefit in Pacific Adults
Mark Biddle, Grace Vincent, Alana McCambridge, Gabrielle Britton, Ofa Dewes, C Raina Elley, Simon Moyes, Johann Edge

Assessing the effectiveness of cold chain management for childhood vaccines
Nikki Turner, Athene Laws, Loretta Roberts

Tax is a motivating factor to make a quit attempt from smoking: a study before and after the April 2010 tax increase
Kirsty MacFarlane, Janine Paynter, Bruce Arroll, Ben Youdan

Qualitative Research

Nurses' perceptions of nurse-led healthy lifestyle clinics
Bob Marshall, Sue Floyd, Rachel Forrest

Clinical teachers working in primary care: what would they like changed in the medical school?
Susan Hawken, Marcus Henning, Ralph Pinnock, Boaz Shulruf, Warwick Bagg

Short Report

Patient Dashboard: the use of a colour-coded computerised clinical reminder in Whanganui regional general practices
John McMenamin, Rick Nicholson, Ken Leech

Improving Performance

A Pacific Immersion Programme - is it useful in teaching Pacific Health to future doctors in New Zealand?
Faafetai Sopoaga

Back to Back

Saturated fat has been unfairly demonised: Yes and No
Yes: Helen Petousis-Harris; No: C Murray Skeaff and Rod Jackson

Continuing Professional Development

Potion or Poison? Aloe vera
Felicity Goodyear-Smith

Nuggests of Knowledge: Allopurinol - dose according to effect, not renal function
Linda Bryant

String of PEARLS about myocardial infarction

Cochrane Corner: Pronationmaybe more effective than supination in correcting subluxed radial head
Bruce Arroll

Pounamu: e Runanga o Te Rarawa Rheumatic Fever Reduction Programme - Kaitaia
Lance O'Sullivan

Vaikoloa: Alliance Health+ Trust
Ti'a Kirkpatrick Mariner

Ethics

A tale of two deaths
Stephen Main

Viewpoint

Tranexamic acid - a recipe for saving lives in traumatic bleeding
Ian Roberts

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Gems of New Zealand Primary Health Care Research

Gems of the New Zealand Primary Health Care Research

About the Journal of Primary Health Care

About the Journal of Primary Health Care