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| Jon D EmerySummaryAffiliation: University of Western Australia Country: Australia Publications
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Genetics and preventive health careJon Emery
Discipline of General Practice, University of Western Australia
Aust Fam Physician 36:808-11. 2007..Advances in our understanding of the genetics of common chronic disease is beginning to impact on clinical practice and preventive health care...
Mortality in Western Australian seniors with chronic respiratory diseases: a cohort studyKristjana Einarsdóttir
Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009 Perth, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:385. 2010..This study aimed to investigate these issues in older (> or = 65) CRD patients in Western Australia...- The impact of mental illness on potentially preventable hospitalisations: a population-based cohort studyQun Mai
School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
BMC Psychiatry 11:163. 2011..To test this, we compared mental health clients (MHCs) with non-MHCs on potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPHs) as an indicator of the quality of primary care received... - Mental illness related disparities in diabetes prevalence, quality of care and outcomes: a population-based longitudinal studyQun Mai
School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
BMC Med 9:118. 2011..Health care disparity is a public health challenge. We compared the prevalence of diabetes, quality of care and outcomes between mental health clients (MHCs) and non-MHCs... - Engaging community pharmacists in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: protocol for the Pharmacist Assessment of Adherence, Risk and Treatment in Cardiovascular Disease (PAART CVD) pilot studyKevin P Mc Namara
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
BMC Health Serv Res 10:264. 2010..It is therefore important to demonstrate the feasibility of multiple risk factor management by community pharmacists to ensure continued currency of their role... - Protocol for the MoleMate UK Trial: a randomised controlled trial of the MoleMate system in the management of pigmented skin lesions in primary care [ISRCTN 79932379]Fiona M Walter
General Practice and Primary Care Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
BMC Fam Pract 11:36. 2010.... - The GRAIDS Trial: a cluster randomised controlled trial of computer decision support for the management of familial cancer risk in primary careJ Emery
General Practice, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, University of Western Australia, 328 Stirling Highway, Claremont, Western Australia 6010, Australia
Br J Cancer 97:486-93. 2007..Trials are registered under N0181144343 in the UK National Research Register... - Accuracy of SIAscopy for pigmented skin lesions encountered in primary care: development and validation of a new diagnostic algorithmJon D Emery
General Practice, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, University of Western Australia, 328 Stirling Highway, Claremont, WA 6010, Australia
BMC Dermatol 10:9. 2010..SIAscopy has been shown to increase diagnostic accuracy for melanoma in referred populations. We aimed to develop and validate a scoring system for SIAscopic diagnosis of pigmented lesions in primary care... - Melanoma - improving diagnosis in general practiceJon Emery
School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, University of Western Australia, Australia
Aust Fam Physician 40:991. 2011..Australia is the world capital of melanoma and despite our best efforts to 'slip-slop-slap' the incidence of melanoma continues to rise. In 2007, 10,342 Australians were diagnosed with melanoma and 1,279 people died from the disease... - There's cancer in the familyJon Emery
Discipline of General Practice, University of Western Australia, Australia
Aust Fam Physician 38:194-8. 2009..Patients will sometimes raise the issue of cancer 'running in their family' or it may be identified by the general practitioner when enquiring about a patient's family history... - Learning a novel technique to identify possible melanomas: are Australian general practitioners better than their U.K. colleagues?Tony Watson
General Practice, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, University of Western Australia, WA, Australia
Asia Pac Fam Med 8:3. 2009.... - Future models of general practice training in AustraliaJon D Emery
University of Western Australia, Perth, WA jon emeryATuwa edu au
Med J Aust 194:S97-100. 2011.... - Regular primary care lowers hospitalisation risk and mortality in seniors with chronic respiratory diseasesKristjana Einarsdóttir
Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health M431, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Perth, Australia
J Gen Intern Med 25:766-73. 2010..Hence, regular general practitioner (GP) contact is likely to be important in order to recognise symptom escalation early and adjust treatment... - Regular primary care plays a significant role in secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease in a Western Australian cohortKristjana Einarsdóttir
School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
J Gen Intern Med 26:1092-7. 2011..Simply having scheduled regular appointments with a primary care physician could confer a benefit for IHD patients possibly through increased motivation and awareness, but this has not previously been investigated in the literature... 
Regular primary care decreases the likelihood of mortality in older people with epilepsyKristjana Einarsdóttir
Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Med Care 48:472-6. 2010....- Effects of the Medicare enhanced primary care program on primary care physician contact in the population of older Western Australians with chronic diseasesDavid A J Gibson
The University of Western Australia, School of Population Health, Crawley, WA 9006, Australia
Aust Health Rev 35:334-40. 2011..Assess uptake of Medicare's enhanced primary care (EPC) services in Western Australia (WA) in 2001 to 2006, evaluating effect of EPC services on the regularity of contact with general practitioners (GPs) in patients aged 65+ years... - General Practice Super Clinics--how will they meet their educational objectives?Alistair W Vickery
School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
Med J Aust 191:393-5. 2009.... - GP 'grand round' - a hospital tradition modified for general practiceTracy Reibel
School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, University of Western Australia, Australia
Aust Fam Physician 39:244-6. 2010..The acceptability of the GP grand round format was examined through analysis of participant responses to learning objectives... - Chronic disease prevention in general practice--Applying the family historyGabrielle Reid
The University of Western Australia
Aust Fam Physician 35:879-82, 884-5. 2006..The family history has a potentially important role in general practice for risk prediction and tailored disease prevention for several common chronic diseases... - Early trauma management skills in Australian general practitionersDerrick G Lopez
School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, Discipline of General Practice, Claremont, WA, Australia
ANZ J Surg 76:894-7. 2006..However, with any skill there is a natural loss over time. This study surveyed GPs who have completed the EMST course to determine their confidence in trauma management... - General practice registrar teaching roles - is there a need for shared understanding?Jenny Dodd
School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health, General Practice, University of Western Australia
Aust Fam Physician 38:77-80. 2009..The expanded involvement of general practice registrars in teaching roles has been suggested as part of the solution to increasing the number of teaching roles in general practice... - 'Coming down the line'-- patients' understanding of their family history of common chronic diseaseFiona M Walter
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Ann Fam Med 3:405-14. 2005.... - Perceptions of family history across common diseases: a qualitative study in primary careFiona M Walter
General Practice and Primary Care Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 2SR, UK
Fam Pract 23:472-80. 2006..Having an affected relative is a strong predictor of an individual's lifetime risk of developing many diseases. In primary care this is of importance in preventive healthcare... - Development of a risk assessment tool for women with a family history of breast cancerDejana Braithwaite
Carol Franck Buck Breast Care Center, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, 2186 Geary Boulevard, Suite 103, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 29:433-9. 2005..We developed a computerized tool that supports stratification of breast cancer risk, genetic risk assessment in the clinical environment (GRACE)... - Using the Internet to conduct surveys of health professionals: a valid alternative?Dejana Braithwaite
General Practice and Primary Care Research Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 2SR, UK
Fam Pract 20:545-51. 2003..The purpose of this study was to examine whether Internet-based surveys of health professionals can provide a valid alternative to traditional survey methods... - Internet-based risk assessment and decision support for the management of familial cancer in primary care: a survey of GPs' attitudes and intentionsDejana Braithwaite
General Practice and Primary Care Research Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, UK
Fam Pract 19:587-90. 2002..Computer decision support systems have been proposed as a suitable method to enable primary care practitioners to manage familial cancer and advise about other developments in clinical genetics... - Family geneticsKristine Barlow-Stewart
The Centre for Genetics Education of NSW Health, Faculty of Medicine, Sydney, New South Wales
Aust Fam Physician 36:802-5. 2007..A comprehensive family history, regularly updated and including the patient's ancestry and cultural background can aid in diagnosis, risk prediction, referral and genetic testing... - Evaluation of the MoleMate training program for assessment of suspicious pigmented lesions in primary careAnnabel Wood
GP Registrar, Cambridge Vocational Training Scheme, UK
Inform Prim Care 16:41-50. 2008..The MoleMate training program is a short, computer-based course developed to train primary care practitioners to operate the MoleMate diagnostic tool... - Psychological impact of genetic counseling for familial cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysisDejana Braithwaite
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:122-33. 2004..We conducted a systematic review of the literature to determine the quality and strength of evidence relating to psychological outcomes of genetic counseling for familial cancer... - Lay understanding of familial risk of common chronic diseases: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative researchFiona M Walter
General Practice and Primary Care Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 2SR, UK
Ann Fam Med 2:583-94. 2004..This study systematically reviewed and synthesized the qualitative literature exploring understanding about familial risk held by persons with a family history of cancer, coronary artery disease, and diabetes mellitus... - Impact on patients of expanded, general practice based, student teaching: observational and qualitative studyJohn Benson
General Practice and Primary Care Research Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge CB2 2SR
BMJ 331:89. 2005..To explore patients' views about the possible impact that increased community based teaching of student doctors in their practice may have on the delivery of service and their attitudes towards direct involvement with students... - Psychological impact of genetic counseling for familial cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysisDejana Braithwaite
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Fam Cancer 5:61-75. 2006..We conducted a systematic review of the literature to determine the quality and strength of evidence relating to psychological outcomes of genetic counseling for familial cancer... - Research in general practiceMoyez Jiwa
Aust Fam Physician 35:279. 2006 - Attitudes of Western Australian general practitioners to colorectal cancer screeningGraham B Turner
Med J Aust 185:237. 2006 - Designing and evaluating complex interventions to improve health careNeil C Campbell
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Aberdeen AB25 2AY
BMJ 334:455-9. 2007 - Population genetic screeningSylvia A Metcalfe
Genetics Education and Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 36:794-800. 2007..Genetic screening programs in Australia are primarily carried out during pregnancy for maternal thalassaemia carrier status, chromosomal conditions and neural tube defects in the fetus, and for a number of conditions in the newborn... - Genetics and blood--haemoglobinopathies and clotting disordersSylvia A Metcalfe
Genetics Education and Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 36:812-9. 2007..Genetic disorders of the blood are common inherited conditions of global impact. The haemoglobinopathies and clotting disorders represent two areas of significance to Australian primary care practitioners... - Celestial3D: a novel method for 3D visualization of familial dataAngeline M Loh
Laboratory for Genetic Epidemiology, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research and UWA Centre for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Bioinformatics 24:1210-1. 2008..We have made freely available a software tool--'Celestial3D'--that implements these novel techniques. AVAILABILITY: Freely available to non-commercial users... - Genetics education for primary-care providersWylie Burke
Department of Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Nat Rev Genet 3:561-6. 2002..Although most have little knowledge of genetics, their expertise in the prudent use of technology is relevant to the task. Successful educational programmes will need to forge partnerships between primary care and genetics...