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ArticleAfrican journal of primary health care & family medicine2015

Development of a training programme for primary care providers to counsel patients with risky lifestyle behaviours in South Africa.

Zelra Malan, Bob Mash, Kathy Everett-Murphy

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  10. What is the new normal?South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2020
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  15. Knowledge, attitudes and management skills of medical practitioners regarding weight management.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2016
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3 authors.

Zelra MalanFamily Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University. zmalan@sun.ac.za.
Bob Mash
Kathy Everett-Murphy

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backgroundWe are facing a global epidemic of non-communicable disease (NCDs), which has been linked with four risky lifestyle behaviours. It is recommended that primary care providers (PCPs) provide individual brief behaviour change counselling (BBCC) as part of everyday primary care, however currently training is required to build capacity. Local training programmes are not sufficient to achieve competence.

aimThis study aimed to redesign the current training for PCPs in South Africa, around a new model for BBCC that would offer a standardised approach to addressing patients' risky lifestyle behaviours.

settingThe study population included clinical nurse practitioners and primary care doctors in the Western Cape Province.

methodsThe analyse, design, develop, implement and evaluate (ADDIE) model provided a systematic approach to the analysis of learning needs, the design and development of the training programme, its implementation and initial evaluation.

resultsThis study designed a new training programme for PCPs in BBCC, which was based on a conceptual model that combined the 5As (ask, alert, assess, assist and arrange) with a guiding style derived from motivational interviewing. The programme was developed as an eight-hour training programme that combined theory, modelling and simulated practice with feedback, for either clinical nurse practitioners or primary care doctors.

conclusionThis was the first attempt at developing and implementing a best practice BBCC training programme in our context, targeting a variety of PCPs, and addressing different risk factors.

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CounselingInservice TrainingPatient Education as TopicProgram DevelopmentRisk Reduction BehaviorHumansPhysicians, Primary CareSouth Africa

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PMID26245608
PMCPMC4564846

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