ArticleBJGP open2017
Patients' perspectives on BETTER 2 prevention and screening: qualitative findings from Newfoundland & Labrador.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Stakeholders' perceptions and experiences of factors influencing the commissioning, delivery, and uptake of general health checks: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Advancing prevention and screening in younger adults living with low income: development, piloting and acceptability/appropriateness evaluation of A BETTER Life.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Tools to guide clinical discussions on physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and/or sleep for health promotion between primary care providers and adults accessing care: a scoping review.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Prevention and screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative findings from the BETTER WISE project.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Facilitators and Barriers to the Implementation of BETTER WISE, a Chronic Disease and Prevention Intervention in Canada: A Qualitative Study.Global implementation research and applications · 2023Article
- What is a prevention visit? A qualitative study of a structured approach to prevention and screening - the BETTER WISE project.BMC family practice · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic disease prevention and screening (CDPS) has been identified as a top priority in primary care. However, primary care providers often lack time, evidence-based tools, and consistent guidelines to effectively address CDPS. Building on Existing Tools to Improve Chronic Disease Prevention and Screening in Primary Care (BETTER) is a novel approach that introduces a new role, that of the prevention practitioner; the prevention practitioner meets with patients, one on one, to undertake a personalised CDPS visit. Understanding patients' perspectives is important for clinicians and other stakeholders aiming to address and integrate CDPS.
aimTo describe patients' perspectives regarding visits with a prevention practitioner in BETTER 2, an implementation study that was carried out after the BETTER trial and featured a higher proportion of patients in rural and remote locations. DESIGN &
settingQualitative description based on patient feedback surveys, completed by patients in three primary care clinics (urban, rural, and remote) in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
methodPatients' perspectives were assessed based on responses from 91 feedback forms. In total, 154 patients (aged 40-65 years) received ≥1 prevention visit(s) from a prevention practitioner and were asked to provide written feedback. In addition to demographics, patients were asked what they liked about their visit(s), what they would have liked to be different, and invited to make any other comments. Qualitative description was used to analyse the data.
resultsFour main themes emerged from patients' feedback: value of visit (patients appreciated the visit with a prevention practitioner); visit characteristics (the visit was personalised, comprehensive, and sufficiently long); prevention practitioners' characteristics (professionalism and interpersonal skills); and patients' concerns (termination of the programme and access to preventative care).
conclusionPatients appreciated the visits they received with a prevention practitioner and expressed their desire to receive sustained CDPS in primary care.
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