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An established high quality journal publishing about community-based health services and primary health care. #AusJPrimaryHealth
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🔧 As Rural Health Month draws to a close, we turn attention to the backbone of change: research capacity. This article argues it’s time for Australia to invest in embedded, sustainable research within regional, rural and remote health services.

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Mind the gap: is it time to invest in embedded researchers in regional, rural and remote health services to address health outcome discrepancies for those living in rural, remote and regional areas?
Research capacity building in healthcare works to generate and apply new knowledge to improve health outcomes; it creates new career pathways, improves sta
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November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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👩‍⚕️ During Rural Health Month, we spotlight what rural women value in local primary care services. A study of unintended pregnancy care in rural NSW reveals that women expect accessible, respectful, and locally-relevant support.

📝 A Noonan, KI Black, GM Luscombe, J Tomnay

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What women want from local primary care services for unintended pregnancy in rural Australia: a qualitative study from rural New South Wales
Rural women in Australia are more likely to experience unintended pregnancy, yet little is known about how well local primary care services meet their need
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November 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Screening of adolescent Atypical Anorexia Nervosa in primary care: is the current use of the eating disorders examination a barrier to accessing treatment?

📝 Renata A. Mendes, Daniel Wilson, Natalie J. Loxton

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Screening of adolescent Atypical Anorexia Nervosa in primary care: is the current use of the eating disorders examination a barrier to accessing treatment?
Many adolescents with eating disorders do not self-report symptoms, which can delay recognition in primary care. One in four clinically diagnosed adolescen
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November 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Keeping the Body in Mind-Primary: evaluation of a community-based lifestyle intervention for people with severe mental illness accessing primary care

📝 E Draper, S Teasdale, J Curtis, PB Ward, L Conlon, A Watkins, R Morell, B Parmenter, H Fibbins

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Keeping the Body in Mind-Primary: evaluation of a community-based lifestyle intervention for people with severe mental illness accessing primary care
People living with severe mental illness face increased risk of physical multimorbidity and early death, yet primary care settings – where many in this pop
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November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Are Australian physiotherapists and exercise physiologists interested in providing pulmonary rehabilitation in primary care? A national survey

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Are Australian physiotherapists and exercise physiologists interested in providing pulmonary rehabilitation in primary care? A national survey
Alternative models of pulmonary rehabilitation are imperative to increasing access and relieving pressure on existing centre-based programs. Physiotherapis
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November 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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"🌾 As we mark Rural Health Month in November, it’s essential to highlight innovations in rural mental health care. This study explores what GPs in the Great Southern region of Western Australia think about a dedicated psychiatry phone-line.

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GP perspectives on a psychiatry phone line in Western Australia’s Great Southern region: implications for addressing rural GP workload
GPs provide most of the mental health care and deal with an increasing number of patients with complex problems; this is more acute in rural areas where th
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November 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Applying an Indigenous strengths-based theoretical framework for nutrition-related health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia impacted by chronic kidney disease

📝 Tracy Hardy and Jaimon Kelly

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Applying an Indigenous strengths-based theoretical framework for nutrition-related health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia impacted by chronic kidney diseas...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ health knowledge strengths are poorly integrated due to dominant Western deficit-based approaches negatively
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November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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🏞️ Rural Health Month reminds us that communities with fewer resources need collaborative solutions. This article examines the partnership factors that enable co-planning of sustainable health models in rural “thin markets”.

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Partnership factors enabling co-planning of sustainable rural health models
Strong partnerships are critical for effective co-planning of primary healthcare models that meet rural community needs. The study aim was to explore the f
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November 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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💡 As Mental Health Awareness Month concludes, we look ahead to how services can grow stronger. This article examines the Partners in Recovery initiative, sharing methodology and lessons learned for building more collaborative, sustainable mental health services.

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Capacity building for mental health services: methodology and lessons learned from the Partners in Recovery initiative
Capacity-building programs are necessary for advancing new public health initiatives, yet there remains limited evidence to inform best practices for deliv
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October 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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⚡ Mental Health Awareness Month is also about preparing for times of crisis. This article describes the Australian Government’s investment in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to the 10 priority areas.

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Rapid deployment of support for a mental health crisis: 10 priorities framing Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic response
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health measuresgenerated substantial and ongoing challenges for the mental health and wellbeing of Australian c
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October 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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October 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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🦠 The COVID-19 pandemic continues to shape how we think about resilience in mental health care. For Mental Health Awareness Month, we highlight research from Tasmania that explored expert mental health stakeholders’ perspectives of the impact of COVID-19.

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The impact of COVID-19 on community mental health: lessons learned from Tasmania, Australia
Background The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on community mental health globally and widened pre-existing health and social inequities. Tasmania, Australia has one of the highest rates of...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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🏳️‍🌈 During Mental Health Awareness Month, it’s important to reflect on how inclusivity shapes access to care. This study examined LBQ+ cisgender women’s prior engagement with general practitioners and how this relationship shaped their mental health service use.

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The influence of care continuity and disclosure of sexual orientation in general practice on lesbian, bi+ and queer cisgender women’s engagement with mental health services
Background Lesbian, bisexual+ and queer (LBQ+) cisgender women have considerable unmet mental health needs. The aims of this study were to examine LBQ+ cisgender women’s prior engagement with general ...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Reproductive coercion: the role of clinicians in general practice

📝 Susan Saldanha, Khue Le, Jessica Botfield, StellaMay Gwini and Danielle Mazza AM

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Reproductive coercion: the role of clinicians in general practice
Reproductive coercion (RC) is a form of gender-based violence that directly undermines reproductive autonomy, and can result in significant sexual, reproductive and mental health harms. Clinicians in ...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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🌏 October is Mental Health Awareness Month, and is an opportunity to highlight the role of primary health care in supporting mental wellbeing. This systematic review examines the effects of community-based mental health care programs in Australia.

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October 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Social movements and the Whitlam-initiated community health movement in Australia

📝 Fran Baum, Connie Musolino, Toby Freeman, Denise Fry, Paul Laris, Virginia Lewis, David Legge, Jenny Macmillan, Tony McBride

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Social movements and the Whitlam-initiated community health movement in Australia
Background This paper examines the social movements that influenced the development and implementation of the original Whitlam Government Community Health Program, the community health movement that e...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Access denied: financial, structural, and personal barriers to health service use in a universal health system

📝 Daniel Demant

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Access denied: financial, structural, and personal barriers to health service use in a universal health system
Background Despite Australia’s universal health coverage framework, a substantial proportion of Australians, particularly those from marginalised populations, continue to report unmet healthcare needs...
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September 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Special needs, special risks? A comparative oral health study in children and adolescents

📝 Grace Wong, Kyle Cheng, Tanya Kumar, Marija Saponja, Kirrily Wright, Audrey Ng, Sanjana D’Hary, Anna Cheng, Wenpeng You

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Special needs, special risks? A comparative oral health study in children and adolescents
Background Despite improvements in children’s oral health, disparities persist, particularly among children with special needs. This study compares oral health risks between children attending schools...
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September 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Optimising prevention activities in primary care for cancer survivors: a novel socio-technical approach using the Functional Resonance Analysis Method

📝 S Naicker, D Chua, E Halcomb, B Harris-Roxas, M Harris, K Vuong

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Optimising prevention activities in primary care for cancer survivors: a novel socio-technical approach using the Functional Resonance Analysis Method
Background Primary care provides comprehensive whole-of-person patient-centred care with important responsibilities in prevention among cancer survivors. This includes cancer surveillance, the managem...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Multidisciplinary primary care outreach for women experiencing domestic and family violence and/or homelessness: a rapid evidence review

📝 S Lewis, Z Triandafilidis, M Carey, B Hobden, C Hourigan, S Richardson

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Multidisciplinary primary care outreach for women experiencing domestic and family violence and/or homelessness: a rapid evidence review
Background Women and children who experience domestic and family violence (DFV) have complex physical and mental health needs, may be at risk of homelessness, and face substantial barriers to accessin...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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What are the barriers to parents using child and family health nursing services during the first year of their child’s life in NSW?

📝 Kim Dunlop, Michelle Fulton, Vanessa Hamilton and Catherine Llewellyn-Smith

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September 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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A qualitative evaluation of the Enough Talk, Time for Action male health and wellbeing program: a primary health care engagement strategy designed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males

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A qualitative evaluation of the Enough Talk, Time for Action male health and wellbeing program: a primary health care engagement strategy designed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males
Background Improving engagement and utilisation of Primary Health Care Services (PHCS) by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males is critical to advancing current physical and mental health outcom...
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September 17, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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What are the barriers to parents using child and family health nursing services during the first year of their child’s life in NSW?

📝 Kim Dunlop, Michelle Fulton, Vanessa Hamilton and Catherine Llewellyn-Smith

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What are the barriers to parents using child and family health nursing services during the first year of their child’s life in NSW?
Research highlights a child’s environment and experiences during the first 2000days has a lasting impact on their health, development and wellbeing. In NSW, it is recommended that all children under 5...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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More than fatigue:

A new study has revealed the impacts of #LongCOVID can be as severe as those seen in people living with stroke or Parkinson’s.

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Long COVID is more than fatigue. Our new study suggests its impact is similar to a stroke or Parkinson’s
Long COVID isn’t just a bunch of lingering symptoms. A new study shows it can stop peoole doing what they want to do, and need to do.
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September 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM