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A case study of nurse practitioner role implementation in primary care: what happens when new roles are introduced?
(2013)
Background: At the time of this study (2009) the role of the nurse practitioner was new to the province of British Columbia. The provincial government gave the responsibility for implementing the role to health authorities. ...
Development of a Behavior Change Intervention to Improve Sexual Health Service Use Among University Undergraduate Students: Mixed Methods Study Protocol
(JMIR Publications Inc, 2017)
Background: University students are at risk for acquiring sexually transmitted infections and suffering other negative health outcomes. Sexual health services offer preventive and treatment interventions that aim to reduce ...
Designing intervention strategies to improve sexual health service use among university undergraduate students: A mixed methods study guided by the Behaviour Change Wheel
(Springer Nature, 2019)
Introduction
University undergraduate students are within the population at highest risk for acquiring sexually transmitted infections, unplanned pregnancy, and other negative health outcomes. Despite the availability of ...
Formation of a Collaborative Interprofessional Primary Healthcare Deprescribing Research Team in Nova Scotia
(2019-06)
Study objective: To describe the development of a collaborative interprofessional primary health care
deprescribing research team in Nova Scotia.
Methods: Initiated by two College of Pharmacy faculty members, a core ...
The impact of transitional care programs on health services utilization in community-dwelling older adults: A systematic review
(Wolters Kluwer, 2018-02)
Objective: The objective was to identify and synthesize the best available evidence on the impact of transitional care programs on various forms of health services utilization in community-dwelling older adults.
Introduction: ...
Key Priorities to Implement Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia: Results from the Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia Knowledge Exchange Event (June 20, 2019)
(2020-03-03)
Inappropriate medication use and polypharmacy are associated with increased adverse drug reactions, hospitalizations and mortality. Deprescribing has been found to decrease the use of medications and medication costs and ...