June 2010
Journal of Primary Health Care
Volume 02, No.2 June 2010 JPHC index ISSN 1172-6156 (Online)
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JPHC June 2010
Table of Contents
Editorials
From the Editor
Population and individual health: the two faces of Janus
Felicity Goodyear-Smith
Original Scientific Papers
Quantitative Research
Aspirin for primary prevention: yes or no?
Vanessa Selak, C Raina Elley, Sue Wells, Anthony Rodgers, Norman Sharpe
What resources do Auckland general practitioners use for answering immediate clinical questions and for lifelong learning?
Zachary Gravatt, Bruce Arroll
Causes of excess hospitalisations among Pacific peoples in New Zealand: implications for primary care
Faafetai Sopoaga, Ken Buckingham, Charlotte Paul
GP practice variation in hospitalisation rates; a study of Partnership Health - enrolled patients
Ross Barnett, Laurence Malcolm
Modifying the PACIC to assess provision of chronic illness care: An exploratory study with primary health care nurses
Jenny Carryer, Claire Budge, Chiquita Hansen, Katherine Gibbs
Providing and receiving self-management support for chronic illness: Patients and health practitioners assessments
Jenny Carryer, Claire Budge, Chiquita Hansen, Katherine Gibbs
Qualitative Research
Ever decreasing circles: terminal illness, empowerment and decision-making
Kate Richardson, Rod MacLeod, Bridie Kent
Seeing patients first: creating an opportunity for practice nurse care?
Tim Kenealy, Barbara Docherty, Nicolette Sheridan, Ryan Gao
What influences practice nurses to participate in post-registration education?
Anna Richardson, Jeffrey Gage
Short Report
Are unexplained vaginal symptoms associated with psychosocial distress? A pilot investigation
Andreas Cohrssen, Uzma Aslam, Allison Karasz, Matthew Anderson
Back to Back
New Zealand general practice should adopt population-based screening for attention deficity hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Yes Tony Hanne; No Ross Lawrenson
Continuing Professional Development
String of PEARLS about hypertension
Cochrane Corner: NSAIDs for dysmenorrhoea
Bruce Arroll
Charms & Harms: Ginkgo
Joanne Barnes
Pounamu: A whanau ora approach to health care for Maori
Jacquie Kidd, Veronique Gibbons, Ross Lawrenson, Wayne Johnstone
Ethics
Too much information
Grant Gillett, Donald Saville-Cook
Letters to the Editor
Book Reviews
Interpreting in New Zealand, the pathway forward - Diana Clark and Caroline McGrath
Reviewer: Ben Gray
Policy Statement for Authors
Conflict of interest in peer-reviewed medical journals: The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) position on a challenging problem
Lorraine Ferris, Robert Fletcher
Gems of NZ Primary Health Care Research
Gems of New Zealand Primary Health Care Research