TY - JOUR
KW - Australia
KW - Databases as Topic
KW - Dementia/prevention & control
KW - Diffusion of Innovation
KW - Evidence-Based Practice
KW - Health Promotion/utilization
KW - Humans
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Risk Reduction Behavior
AU - C. M. Travers
AU - M. G. Martin-Khan
AU - D. C. Lie
A1 - 
AB - Only limited research has been undertaken to identify factors that impede or facilitate the implementation of evidence-based health promotion, prevention and early intervention (PPEI) activities within primary practice. We examined recent Australian initiatives that encouraged primary care practitioners to implement PPEI activities to reduce the risk of chronic disease, particularly those that have focused on lifestyle risk factors. The aim was to identify barriers and facilitators to the uptake of these activities to inform the Australian National Dementia Prevention Strategy. Barriers that were consistently reported across evaluations and that appear to be of most concern to Australian general practitioners include the issues of financial remuneration and time constraints secondary to heavy work commitments. Factors that were effective in overcoming barriers included the integration of interventions within existing activities, the specification of a clear, funded role for practice nurses and the support of the Australian General Practice Network. It was concluded that these factors should be considered if PPEI activities for dementia are to be successfully incorporated within primary care.
BT - Australian Health Review : A Publication of the Australian Hospital Association
C5 - HIT & Telehealth
CP - 3
CY - Australia
IS - 3
JF - Australian Health Review : A Publication of the Australian Hospital Association
N2 - Only limited research has been undertaken to identify factors that impede or facilitate the implementation of evidence-based health promotion, prevention and early intervention (PPEI) activities within primary practice. We examined recent Australian initiatives that encouraged primary care practitioners to implement PPEI activities to reduce the risk of chronic disease, particularly those that have focused on lifestyle risk factors. The aim was to identify barriers and facilitators to the uptake of these activities to inform the Australian National Dementia Prevention Strategy. Barriers that were consistently reported across evaluations and that appear to be of most concern to Australian general practitioners include the issues of financial remuneration and time constraints secondary to heavy work commitments. Factors that were effective in overcoming barriers included the integration of interventions within existing activities, the specification of a clear, funded role for practice nurses and the support of the Australian General Practice Network. It was concluded that these factors should be considered if PPEI activities for dementia are to be successfully incorporated within primary care.
PP - Australia
PY - 2009
SN - 0156-5788; 0156-5788
SP - 461
EP - 466
EP - 
T1 - Dementia risk reduction in primary care: what Australian initiatives can teach us
T2 - Australian Health Review : A Publication of the Australian Hospital Association
TI - Dementia risk reduction in primary care: what Australian initiatives can teach us
U1 - HIT & Telehealth
U2 - 20128762
VL - 33
VO - 0156-5788; 0156-5788
Y1 - 2009
ER -