A longitudinal multi-site evaluation of community-based partnerships: implications for researchers, funders, and communities by Virginia J. Lewis, Catherine M. Scott, Kate Silburn, William L. Miller

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Telephone outreach by volunteer navigators: a theory-based evaluation of an intervention to improve access to appropriate primary care by Jeannie Haggerty, Mélanie-Ann Smithman, Christine Beaulieu, Mylaine Breton, Émilie Dionne, Virginia Lewis

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Peer mentoring for smoking cessation in public housing: A mixed-methods study by Jummai Apata, Erica Goldman, Hamideh Taraji, Oluwatobi Samagbeyi, Shervin Assari, Shervin Assari, Payam Sheikhattari

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Validation of the job content questionnaire among hospital nurses in Vietnam by Sasaki, Natsu, Imamura, Kotaro, Thuy, Tran T. T., Watanabe, Kazuhiro, Huong, Nguyen Thanh, Kuribayashi, Kazuto, Sakuraya, Asuka, Thu, Bui M., Quynh, Nguyen ThiNhu, Kien, Nguyen Trung, Nga, Nguyen ThiThuy, Giang, Nguyen Thi Huong, Tien, Truong Quang, Minas, Harry, Zhang, Melvyn, Tsutsumi, Akizumi, Kawakami, Norito

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"When nothing happens, nobody is afraid!" beliefs and perceptions around self-care and health-seeking behaviours : voices of patients living with diabetic lower extremity amputatio... by Zhu, Xiaoli, Lee, Mary, Chew, Evelyn A. L., Goh, Ling Jia, Dong, Lijuan, Bartlam, Bernadette

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eLearning for health system leadership and management capacity building: a protocol for a systematic review by Car, Lorainne Tudor, Atun, Rifat

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A preliminary assessment on magnitude of oral health problems among five selected primary care clinics of Malaysia and Myanmar in 2012 by Tin, Myo Han, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Sulong, Robiatu Adawiah

“…Objectives: To assess the oral health concern of general/family medicine practices which may be used to set primary and emergency oral health care training for primary care physicians Methods: A uniform structured format was used to collect total number of patients and the patients with oral health problems (OHPs) who attended at the selected 3 primary care clinics of Kuantan, Malaysia (a private, a public and a University clinic) and two private clinics of Myanmar (one from Yangon (City) and one from Hninthada District within 1st April, 2012 to 31st July 2012. …”
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Health-related quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis attending two primary care clinics in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study by Zakaria, Zainal F., Bakar, Azman A., Hasmoni, Mohamed Hadzri, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi, Kadir, Salmiah A.

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Antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections 12 months after communication and CRP training: A randomized trial by Little, P, Stuart, B, Francis, N, Douglas, E, Tonkin-Crine, S, Anthierens, S, Cals, J, Melbye, H, Santer, M, Moore, M, Coenen, S, Butler, C, Hood, K, Kelly, M, Godycki-Cwirko, M, Mierzecki, A, Torres, A, Llor, C, Davies, M, Mullee, M, O'Reilly, G, van der Velden, A, Geraghty, A, Goossens, H, Verheij, T, Yardley, L

Improving the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infection in young children in primary care: Results from the DUTY prospective diagnostic cohort study. by Hay, A, Sterne, J, Hood, K, Little, P, Delaney, B, Hollingworth, W, Wootton, M, Howe, R, MacGowan, A, Lawton, M, Busby, J, Pickles, T, Birnie, K, O'Brien, K, Waldron, C, Dudley, J, Van Der Voort, J, Downing, H, Thomas-Jones, E, Harman, K, Lisles, C, Rumsby, K, Durbaba, S, Whiting, P, Butler, C

How can insulin initiation delivery in a dual-sector health system be optimised? A qualitative study on healthcare professionals' views by Lee, P.Y., Lee, Y.K., Ng, C.J.

“…Healthcare professionals consisting of general practitioners (n = 11), medical officers (n = 8), diabetes educators (n = 3), government policy makers (n = 4), family medicine specialists (n = 10) and endocrinologists (n = 2) were interviewed. …”
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An audit of type 2 diabetes care in a Malaysian public community polyclinic by Chew, Boon How, J. M., Palikat, A., Nur Syamimi, A., Nor Azillah, See, J. K., A. R., Hafiz, A., Siti Nazira, Y., Aienum, M., Muhamad Zaid, K., Palaniappan, Tan, Y. Y.

“…Patients who have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus for more than 2 years, and those who have come for follow-up at least twice in between 1st October 2008 and 30th September 2009 by the medical officer and/or family medicine specialist. Patients with gestational diabetes mellitus and Type 1 diabetes mellitus were excluded. …”
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What are the barriers faced by patients using insulin? a qualitative study of Malaysian health care professionals' views by Lee, Yew Kong, Ng, Chirk Jenn, Lee, Ping Yein, Khoo, Ee Ming, Lim Abdullah, Khatijah, Low, Wah Yun, Abdul Samad, Azah, Chen, Wei Seng

“…Forty-one health care professionals participated in the study, consisting of primary care doctors (n = 20), family medicine specialists (n = 10), government policymakers (n = 5), diabetes educators (n = 3), endocrinologists (n = 2), and one pharmacist. …”
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Authorial stance in medical research articles and medical case reports written in english by native and non-native authors by Abdulhussein Swear, Muna

“…This thesis examined the patterns of authorial stance in two genres of written medical discourse, medical research articles and medical case reports published in three medical journals within the branch of “Family Medicine.” The texts in English were authored by two groups of medical researchers, native and non-native speakers of English, with Malaysian medical researchers as the non-native group selected for the study. …”
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The practice and factors that influence exercise prescription by primary care physicians in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia: a cross-sectional study by Kee, Lee Ann

“…PCPs (n=64) participated in this study through an online questionnaire distributed through the Family Medicine Department, Universiti Sains Malaysia, HUSM. …”
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62"d Annual Conference, Cardiological Society of India Kolkata, India 2- 5 Disember 2010 by Wan Nor Arifin, Wan Mansor

“…Assessment of reliability of blood pressure measurements among assessors in a clinical trial Wan Nor Arifin1, Wan Arfah Nadiah Wan Abdul Jamil', Muhammad Irfan Abdul JalaP, Nani Draman4, Nyi Nyi Naing5 '·'.l.SUnit of Biostatistics and Research Methodology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia 'Department of Family Medicine, School ofMedical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang, Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia Iqtroduction: To ensure the reliability of blood pressure (BP) readings in a clinical trial, sources of errors due to measurement must be reduced as much as possible. …”
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Point of Care Ultrasonographic Life Support in Emergency (PULSE)—a quasi-experimental study by Noman Ali, Abdul Ahad Chhotani, Sannia Perwaiz Iqbal, Salman Muhammad Soomar, Ahmed Raheem, Shahan Waheed

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Novel SMAD3 variant identified in a patient with familial aortopathy modeled using a zebrafish embryo assay by Mary B. Sheppard, Mary B. Sheppard, Mary B. Sheppard, Mary B. Sheppard, Mary B. Sheppard, Jeffrey D. Smith, Jeffrey D. Smith, Lisa L. Bergmann, Jakub K. Famulski

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Feasibility of a virtual Facebook community platform for engagement on health research by Christi A. Patten, Joyce (Joy) E. Balls-Berry, Elisia L. Cohen, Tabetha A. Brockman, Miguel Valdez Soto, Ian W. West, Jinhee Cha, Maria G. Zavala Rocha, Milton (Mickey) Eder

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Evaluation of online educational curriculum on HPV vaccination practices among adult primary care providers by Christiana Zhang, Judy Greengold, Sean Tackett, Caroline Lentz, Wendy Bennett, Maura McGuire

“…We designed and implemented the module for family medicine, internal medicine, medicine/pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology providers in a community practice network affiliated with a large academic health system. …”
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