Background GPs can find their role as issuers of sickness certification problematic,
particularly in trying to maintain a balance between certifying absence and preserving the …

Purpose–The Australasian Health Facility Guidelines (AusHFG) project was initiated in 2005
by the Australian State and Territory Health Departments, and the New Zealand Ministry of …

Background The use of developmental evaluation is increasing as a method for conducting
implementation research. This paper describes the use of developmental evaluation to …

Objective To develop an instrument to evaluate the credibility of anchor based minimal
important differences (MIDs) for outcome measures reported by patients, and to assess the …

One striking characteristic in the development of all sciences is how progress follows the
lead first set by advances in measurement. Improvement in measures, it seems, is a …

Abstract Introduction: Structured E-parenting Support (STEPS) is a digital application (app)
designed to help parents manage behaviour of their children who are referred to mental …

The Healthy Child Programme recommends using the Promotional Guide to explore health
needs. This paper presents the findings of a qualitative research study using normalisation …

The development of practice policies or clinical guidelines has recently met with great
popularity in many countries. 1-4 National consensus development, modeled after the …

Although there are effective evidence-based interventions (EBIs) to prevent, treat and
coordinate care for chronic conditions they may not be adopted widely and when adopted …