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Prevention of cardiovascular disease in rural Australian primary care: an exploratory study of the perspectives of clinicians and high-risk men
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Kinsman, L and Tham, R and Symons, J and Jones, M and Campbell, S and Allenby, A, Prevention of cardiovascular disease in rural Australian primary care: an exploratory study of the perspectives of clinicians and high-risk men, Australian journal of primary health, 22, (6) pp. 510-516. ISSN 1448-7527 (2016) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2016 La Trobe University
DOI: doi:10.1071/PY15091
Abstract
Rural primary care services have the potential to play a major role in reducing the gap in cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes between rural and metropolitan Australians, particularly in men at high risk of CVD. The aim of this study was to explore the self-reported behaviours and satisfaction with their general practice/practitioner of men at high risk of CVD, and attitudes of rural primary care clinicians regarding the role of primary care in CVD prevention. This observational research was addressed through survey questionnaires with rural men at high risk of CVD and semi-structured interviews with rural primary care clinicians. Fourteen rural primary care practices from towns with populations less than 25000 participated. One hundred and fifty-eight high-risk men completed the questionnaire. Their responses demonstrated poorly controlled risk factors despite a willingness to change. Alternatively, rural primary care clinicians (n = 20) reported that patients were unlikely to change and that illness-based funding models inhibited cardiovascular preventive activities. Australians living in rural areas have worse CVD outcomes. In addition, there is a disparity in the assumptions of health providers and male patients at high risk of CVD in rural areas. This necessitates innovative rural primary care models that include a blended payment system that incentivises or funds preventive care alongside an emphasis on lifestyle advice, as well as an explicit strategy to influence clinician and patient behaviour to help address the disparity.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | health policy, health services research, primary health care, primary prevention, rural health |
| Research Division: | Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Health services and systems |
| Research Field: | Health services and systems not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Evaluation of health and support services |
| Objective Field: | Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Kinsman, L (Professor Leigh Kinsman) |
| ID Code: | 111752 |
| Year Published: | 2016 |
| Deposited By: | Health Sciences |
| Deposited On: | 2016-10-05 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-02-07 |
| Downloads: | 162 View Download Statistics |
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