Lena A Sanci

Summary

Affiliation: University of Melbourne
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Primary health care for young people in Australia
    Melissa Kang
    Department of General Practice, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead NSW, Australia
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:229-34. 2007
  2. ncbi The prevention access and risk taking in young people (PARTY) project protocol: a cluster randomised controlled trial of health risk screening and motivational interviewing for young people presenting to general practice
    Lena Sanci
    General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    BMC Public Health 12:400. 2012
  3. ncbi Childhood sexual abuse and eating disorders in females: findings from the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study
    Lena Sanci
    Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley St, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:261-7. 2008
  4. ncbi Sustainability of change with quality general practitioner education in adolescent health: a 5-year follow-up
    Lena Sanci
    Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Med Educ 39:557-60. 2005
  5. ncbi Confidential health care for adolescents: reconciling clinical evidence with family values
    Lena A Sanci
    Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic
    Med J Aust 183:410-4. 2005
  6. ncbi Detecting emotional disorder in young people in primary care
    Lena Sanci
    Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Curr Opin Psychiatry 23:318-23. 2010
  7. ncbi Incentive payments to general practitioners aimed at increasing opportunistic testing of young women for chlamydia: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial
    Jade E Bilardi
    Sexual Health Unit, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
    BMC Public Health 10:70. 2010
  8. ncbi Using a mobile phone application in youth mental health - an evaluation study
    Sophie C Reid
    Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and Royal Children s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Aust Fam Physician 41:711-4. 2012
  9. ncbi The experience of providing young people attending general practice with an online risk assessment tool to assess their own sexual health risk
    Jade E Bilardi
    Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
    BMC Infect Dis 9:29. 2009
  10. ncbi Toward youth friendly services: a survey of young people in primary care
    Dagmar M Haller
    Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children s Institute at the Royal Children s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    J Gen Intern Med 22:775-81. 2007

Detail Information

Publications29

  1. ncbi Primary health care for young people in Australia
    Melissa Kang
    Department of General Practice, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead NSW, Australia
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:229-34. 2007
    ..Challenges and future directions are discussed...
  2. ncbi The prevention access and risk taking in young people (PARTY) project protocol: a cluster randomised controlled trial of health risk screening and motivational interviewing for young people presenting to general practice
    Lena Sanci
    General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    BMC Public Health 12:400. 2012
    ..Secondary outcomes: pathways to care, trust in the clinician and likelihood of returning for future visits. The design of the economic and process evaluation are not detailed in this protocol...
  3. ncbi Childhood sexual abuse and eating disorders in females: findings from the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study
    Lena Sanci
    Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley St, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:261-7. 2008
    ..To examine the relationship between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) before the age of 16 years and later onset of bulimia and anorexia nervosa symptoms in females...
  4. ncbi Sustainability of change with quality general practitioner education in adolescent health: a 5-year follow-up
    Lena Sanci
    Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Med Educ 39:557-60. 2005
    ..The intervention was designed with evidence-based strategies in continuing medical education...
  5. ncbi Confidential health care for adolescents: reconciling clinical evidence with family values
    Lena A Sanci
    Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic
    Med J Aust 183:410-4. 2005
    ..Evaluation of maturity must take into account characteristics of the young person, gravity of the proposed treatment, family factors, and statutory restrictions...
  6. ncbi Detecting emotional disorder in young people in primary care
    Lena Sanci
    Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Curr Opin Psychiatry 23:318-23. 2010
    ..This review considers recent progress around conceptual frameworks, epidemiological findings, accuracy of available instruments and evidence for effectiveness of screening in reducing the burden of emotional disorders...
  7. ncbi Incentive payments to general practitioners aimed at increasing opportunistic testing of young women for chlamydia: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial
    Jade E Bilardi
    Sexual Health Unit, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
    BMC Public Health 10:70. 2010
    ..The aim of this pilot study was to determine if offering general practitioners (GP) a small incentive payment per test would increase chlamydia testing in women aged 16 to 24 years, attending general practice...
  8. ncbi Using a mobile phone application in youth mental health - an evaluation study
    Sophie C Reid
    Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and Royal Children s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Aust Fam Physician 41:711-4. 2012
    ..This study evaluates a mobile phone self monitoring tool designed to assist paediatricians in assessing and managing youth mental health...
  9. ncbi The experience of providing young people attending general practice with an online risk assessment tool to assess their own sexual health risk
    Jade E Bilardi
    Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
    BMC Infect Dis 9:29. 2009
    ..The secondary aim was to test the acceptability of the tool among general practitioners and young people...
  10. ncbi Toward youth friendly services: a survey of young people in primary care
    Dagmar M Haller
    Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children s Institute at the Royal Children s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    J Gen Intern Med 22:775-81. 2007
    ..The World Health Organization encourages the development of youth friendly services, yet little is known on how youth currently present in general practice...
  11. ncbi A mobile phone application for the assessment and management of youth mental health problems in primary care: a randomised controlled trial
    Sophie C Reid
    Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia
    BMC Fam Pract 12:131. 2011
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  12. ncbi A training agenda in adolescent medicine and health
    Susan M Sawyer
    Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children s Hospital, Victoria, Australia
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:305-15. 2007
    ..In Australia, this has been best achieved by centres of excellence in adolescent health...
  13. ncbi Improving general practice consultations for older people with asthma: a cluster randomised control trial
    Dianne P Goeman
    Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine AIRmed, Cooperative Research Centre for Asthma and Airways, Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
    Med J Aust 191:113-7. 2009
    ..To evaluate the effectiveness of a multifaceted educational intervention for general practitioners to improve the outcomes of older people with asthma...
  14. ncbi Adolescent medicine
    George C Patton
    Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC 3052
    Med J Aust 176:3. 2002
  15. ncbi Cannabis dependence in young adults: an Australian population study
    Carolyn Coffey
    Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
    Addiction 97:187-94. 2002
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  16. ncbi What do GPs get out of participating in research? - experience of the LEAP trial
    Jane Gunn
    Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Victoria
    Aust Fam Physician 37:372-5. 2008
    ..This article examines why a group of general practitioners took part in clinical research...
  17. ncbi Barriers to delivering asthma care: a qualitative study of general practitioners
    Dianne P Goeman
    Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
    Med J Aust 183:457-60. 2005
    ..To ascertain what general practitioners' priorities are for achieving optimal outcomes in people with asthma, and the barriers they face in delivering this care...
  18. ncbi Potential roles for practice nurses in preventive care for young people - A qualitative study
    Caroline Hart
    BSc Hons, is Research Assistant, General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre, University of Melbourne, Victoria
    Aust Fam Physician 41:618-21. 2012
    ..This study is being reported on at an opportune time, considering the implications for young people of the 'Practice Nurse Incentive Program'...
  19. ncbi A mobile phone program to track young people's experiences of mood, stress and coping. Development and testing of the mobiletype program
    Sophie C Reid
    Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children s Hospital, 2 Gatehouse St, Parkville, Vic, 3052, Australia
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 44:501-7. 2009
    ..The aim of this study was to develop, pilot, and evaluate a youth-friendly mobile phone program to monitor, in real-time, young people's everyday experiences of mood, stress, and their coping behaviours...
  20. ncbi Youth health research ethics: time for a mature-minor clause?
    Lena A Sanci
    Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
    Med J Aust 180:336-8. 2004
    ..There are grounds for considering a mature-minor clause in the National Health and Medical Research Council research ethics guidelines, particularly in the context of youth participation in minimal-risk research...
  21. ncbi Using simulated patients to develop doctors' skills in facilitating behaviour change: addressing childhood obesity
    Bibi Gerner
    Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children s Hospital, and Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Med Educ 44:706-15. 2010
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  22. ncbi R U OK 2 TXT 4 RESEARCH?--feasibility of text message communication in primary care research
    Dagmar Haller
    Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria
    Aust Fam Physician 35:175-6. 2006
    ..Young people have led the recent rise in prevalence of text message usage, which is increasingly used in clinical settings...
  23. ncbi YFHS-WHO+ Questionnaire: validation of a measure of youth-friendly primary care services
    Dagmar M Haller
    Department of Community Medicine and Primary Care, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
    J Adolesc Health 51:422-30. 2012
    ..To develop and validate a research tool to measure the youth friendliness of primary care services from a client's perspective...
  24. ncbi Investigating the utility of mobile phones for collecting data about adolescent alcohol use and related mood, stress and coping behaviours: lessons and recommendations
    Sylvia D Kauer
    Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and Royal Children s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 28:25-30. 2009
    ..This paper aims to review the feasibility and usefulness of a mobile phone momentary sampling program to capture data about alcohol use and related behaviours...
  25. ncbi Screening for chlamydia trachomatis: barriers for homeless young people
    Dorothy Henning
    Young People s Health Service, Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    Aust J Adv Nurs 24:8-13. 2007
    ..The study explored homeless young people's knowledge and attitudes of Chlamydia trachomatis (Chlamydia) and its screening...
  26. ncbi Improving adolescents' access to primary health care
    Lena A Sanci
    Med J Aust 183:416-7. 2005
  27. ncbi Do young people's illness beliefs affect healthcare? A systematic review
    Dagmar M Haller
    Department of Community and Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
    J Adolesc Health 42:436-49. 2008
    ..This paper presents a systematic review of the literature on young people's common illness beliefs in contemporary Western societies and the extent to which these beliefs have been shown to affect healthcare...
  28. ncbi Practical evidence in favour of mature-minor consent in primary care research
    Dagmar M Haller
    Med J Aust 183:439. 2005
  29. ncbi Youth-friendly primary-care services: how are we doing and what more needs to be done?
    Andre Tylee
    Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London SE2 8AF, UK
    Lancet 369:1565-73. 2007
    ..Enough is known to recommend that a priority for the future is to ensure that each country, state, and locality has a policy and support to encourage provision of innovative and well assessed youth-friendly services...