Background The number of chronically ill patients increases every year. This is partly due to
an unhealthy lifestyle. However, the frequency and quality of (evidence-based) health …

Background Implementation of interventions concerning prevention and health promotion in
health care has faced particular challenges resulting in a low frequency and quality of these …

Background: Interventions that support patient efforts at lifestyle changes that reduce
tobacco use, hazardous use of alcohol, unhealthy eating habits and insufficient physical …

Background. For preventive interventions in general practice to succeed, patients' points of
view must be taken into account in addition to those of GPs. Objective. To explore patients' …

Objectives Prevention and lifestyle support are emerging topics in general practice.
Healthcare insurance companies reimburse combined lifestyle interventions (CLIs) in the …

BACKGROUND: Disease prevention and health promotion are important tasks in the daily
practice of all general practitioners (GPs). The objective of this study was to explore the …

Background Evidence-based practice for healthy lifestyle promotion in primary health care is
supported internationally by national policies and guidelines but implementation in routine …

Background The effects of tobacco, physical exercise, diet, and alcohol consumption on
morbidity and mortality underline the importance of health promotion and prevention (HPP) …

BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that particular lifestyle behaviours increase
the risk of disease and it is widely argued that GPs are ideally placed to encourage patients …

Background Healthcare professionals play a central role in health promotion and lifestyle
information towards patients as well as towards the general population, and it has been …