Approaches to prioritising primary health research: a scoping review
Introduction. Health research can strengthen health systems, accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and improve population health. 1-4 The past few years have witnessed increased global calls to make better use of health research in policy-making and practice. 5-7 The global COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of appropriately identifying the health issues ...
Introduction
Content last reviewed January 2024. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. This is the introduction to a report that describes three decades (1990-2020) of AHRQ's primary care research and highlights how that research has impacted delivery of primary care. It details AHRQ's steady investment in research to improve primary ...
National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research
The National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research (NCEPCR) is the home for primary care research at AHRQ. NCEPCR is focused on strengthening the Nation's primary care system, providing evidence, practical tools, and other resources for researchers and evaluators, clinicians and clinical teams, quality improvement experts, and healthcare decision makers to improve the quality and ...
Primary Health Care Research & Development
Primary Health Care Research & Development is a fully open access journal aimed specifically at both researchers and practitioners in primary health care, bridging the gap between primary health care research policy and practice.It provides a forum for the publication of international, interdisciplinary research and development in primary health care.
Primary health care
Primary health care (PHC) addresses the majority of a person's health needs throughout their lifetime. This includes physical, mental and social well-being and it is people-centred rather than disease-centred. PHC is a whole-of-society approach that includes health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.
Challenges and strategies for conducting research in primary health
Background Providing accessible and high-quality patient-centered healthcare remains a challenge in many countries, despite global efforts to strengthen primary health care (PHC). Research and knowledge management are integral to enhancing PHC, facilitating the implementation of successful strategies, and promoting the use of evidence-based practices. Practice-based research in primary care ...
Approaches to prioritising primary health research: a scoping review
Objective To systematically identify and describe approaches to prioritise primary research topics in any health-related area. Methods We searched Medline and CINAHL databases and Google Scholar. Teams of two reviewers screened studies and extracted data in duplicate and independently. We synthesised the information across the included approaches by developing common categorisation of relevant ...
Realizing the Dream: The Future of Primary Care Research
Research Needed to Realize the Potential of Primary Care. Primary care research, which is central to the transformation of care delivery, can help realize this vision by providing the evidence to overcome long-standing and widespread threats and challenges to the realization of primary care's full potential. The Agency for Healthcare Research ...
Features and development trends of primary care research conducted by
Enhancing primary health care (PHC) is the most crucial approach to improving people's health and social well-being and achieving health-related sustainable development goals [].In the 14 key levers supporting the successful implementation of PHC proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the role of developing PHC-oriented research is to support all the other levers by creating and ...
Report Highlights 30 Years of AHRQ's Primary Care Research
A new report from AHRQ's National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research describes three decades (1990-2020) of AHRQ's primary care research and highlights how that research has impacted delivery of primary care.. The report details AHRQ's investments in research to improve primary care organization, workforce, quality and safety, digital healthcare, finance and cost, and ...
Primary health care
More recently, in 2020, a new project - Embedded primary health care research to engage communities and build learning health systems - led to two regional consultations with policy-makers representing more than 20 countries. In part this responds to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for health systems to build and develop the ability to ...
Getting started in primary care research: choosing among six practical
While many primary care practitioners want to conduct research, many also struggle with getting started. This article's purpose is to assist emerging researchers in identifying a topic of interest, to try the 'fit' of feasible research approaches and commit to a research approach. The article addresses six objectives: (1) identify how important primary care research comes from clinical ...
Complex skills are required for new primary health care researchers: a
Primary health care (PHC) is repeatedly recognized as a foundational element of health systems, and is often where the majority of health care occurs [1, 2].Based on international research evidence, we know that countries with a strong PHC care focus have improved population health outcomes [].PHC research is important for supporting the provision of high quality PHC and the effective ...
Assessing the impact of healthcare research: A systematic review of
The Research Contribution , Research Impact , and Primary Health Care & Information Service used a thematic analysis approach. Finally, some authors went on to pilot their framework, which shaped refinements on the methodological frameworks until approval.
Assessing the impact of healthcare research: A systematic review of
Primary Health Care Research & Information Service (PHC RIS) [31,55] Australia, 2007 • Payback Framework : Methodology designed to assess primary healthcare research. Strong collaboration, personal relationships and the participation of practitioners, health care managers, and policy makers in the definition of the research questions and in ...
Primary Research
Examples of primary research. Primary research can often be quite simple to pursue yourself. Here are a few examples of different research methods you can use to explore different topics.. Example: Survey questionnaire You are interested in the perceptions of your fellow students on universal healthcare. You decide to conduct a survey of students, asking them their thoughts.
Integration of primary care and palliative care services to improve
The first point of contact for healthcare in the community for people seeking health advice and treatment. Primary care is person-centred rather than disease-centred and focusses on people's needs. ... More integrated primary care and palliative care research is necessary to accompany service developments, providing opportunity to ensure more ...
Nurturing transformative local structures of multisectoral
The importance of multisectoral collaboration for primary health care (PHC) is clear. "PHC is a whole-of-society approach to health that aims at ensuring the highest possible level of health and well-being and their equitable distribution by focusing on people's needs, as early as possible along the continuum from health promotion and disease prevention to treatment, rehabilitation and ...
Measuring Primary Healthcare Spending
The purpose of this Technical Brief is to build on these prior efforts and expand the included information, particularly as the number of State Governments producing estimates of primary care spending has grown. The focus of this brief is on comparing and contrasting the definitions, data sources, and methods used across estimates of primary care spending.
Home
About our work at AHRQ. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.
Research Opportunity Announcement
Primary Care Research Experience (6 pages maximum) Provide a description of up to three current or recently completed multi-site clinical studies in primary care settings (with a priority on studies serving rural areas) that the Network Research Hub has led with one or more of the proposed Clinical Sites, highlighting:
The TransFORmation of IndiGEnous PrimAry HEAlthcare Delivery (FORGE
Indigenous populations have increased risk of developing diabetes and experience poorer treatment outcomes than the general population. The FORGE AHEAD program partnered with First Nations communities across Canada to improve access to resources by developing community-driven primary healthcare models. This was an economic assessment of FORGE AHEAD using a payer perspective.
Assessing public health service capability of primary healthcare
Background The public health service capability of primary healthcare personnel directly affects the utilization and delivery of health services, and is influenced by various factors. This study aimed to examine the status, factors, and urban-rural differences of public health service capability among primary healthcare personnel, and provided suggestions for improvement. Methods We used ...
Prevalence of depression and associated symptoms among patients
Depression is a prevalent mental health condition worldwide but there is limited data on its presentation and associated symptoms in primary care settings in low- and middle-income countries like Nepal. This study aims to assess the prevalence of depression, its hallmark and other associated symptoms that meet the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) criteria in primary healthcare ...
Is virtual healthcare delivering on its promise?
The COVID-19 pandemic has required patients, healthcare providers, and governments to reimagine how care might be delivered at home, and has revealed opportunities to potentially improve outcomes, reduce costs, and improve patient experience. Telehealthcare adoption 1 Video- or phone-based telehealthcare is only one type of virtual-care solution. We define virtual care as the range of provider ...
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism (DEIA) in Healthcare
Clinical Care for Homeless, Runaway and Refugee Youth by Curren Warf (Editor); Grant Charles (Editor) Adolescent homelessness is a growing problem that results in a variety of health challenges. This text is a practical resource designed to promote effective interdisciplinary health and social care interventions targeting adolescents who are homeless or at risk for homelessness.
Patients love telehealth—physicians are not so sure
To help our clients understand responses to COVID-19, McKinsey launched a research effort to gather insights from physicians into how the pandemic is affecting their ability to provide care, their financial situation, and their level of stress, as well as what kind of support would interest them. Nationwide surveys were conducted online in 2020 from April 27-May 5 (538 respondents), July 22 ...
Research Pharmacy Team
The Research Pharmacy Team is an assembly of experienced and credentialed pharmacy personnel, primary and supporting, who work to serve the needs of Investigational Drug Trials clinical drug trials within the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System.
COMMENTS
Introduction. Health research can strengthen health systems, accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and improve population health. 1-4 The past few years have witnessed increased global calls to make better use of health research in policy-making and practice. 5-7 The global COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of appropriately identifying the health issues ...
Content last reviewed January 2024. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. This is the introduction to a report that describes three decades (1990-2020) of AHRQ's primary care research and highlights how that research has impacted delivery of primary care. It details AHRQ's steady investment in research to improve primary ...
The National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research (NCEPCR) is the home for primary care research at AHRQ. NCEPCR is focused on strengthening the Nation's primary care system, providing evidence, practical tools, and other resources for researchers and evaluators, clinicians and clinical teams, quality improvement experts, and healthcare decision makers to improve the quality and ...
Primary Health Care Research & Development is a fully open access journal aimed specifically at both researchers and practitioners in primary health care, bridging the gap between primary health care research policy and practice.It provides a forum for the publication of international, interdisciplinary research and development in primary health care.
Primary health care (PHC) addresses the majority of a person's health needs throughout their lifetime. This includes physical, mental and social well-being and it is people-centred rather than disease-centred. PHC is a whole-of-society approach that includes health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.
Background Providing accessible and high-quality patient-centered healthcare remains a challenge in many countries, despite global efforts to strengthen primary health care (PHC). Research and knowledge management are integral to enhancing PHC, facilitating the implementation of successful strategies, and promoting the use of evidence-based practices. Practice-based research in primary care ...
Objective To systematically identify and describe approaches to prioritise primary research topics in any health-related area. Methods We searched Medline and CINAHL databases and Google Scholar. Teams of two reviewers screened studies and extracted data in duplicate and independently. We synthesised the information across the included approaches by developing common categorisation of relevant ...
Research Needed to Realize the Potential of Primary Care. Primary care research, which is central to the transformation of care delivery, can help realize this vision by providing the evidence to overcome long-standing and widespread threats and challenges to the realization of primary care's full potential. The Agency for Healthcare Research ...
Enhancing primary health care (PHC) is the most crucial approach to improving people's health and social well-being and achieving health-related sustainable development goals [].In the 14 key levers supporting the successful implementation of PHC proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the role of developing PHC-oriented research is to support all the other levers by creating and ...
A new report from AHRQ's National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research describes three decades (1990-2020) of AHRQ's primary care research and highlights how that research has impacted delivery of primary care.. The report details AHRQ's investments in research to improve primary care organization, workforce, quality and safety, digital healthcare, finance and cost, and ...
More recently, in 2020, a new project - Embedded primary health care research to engage communities and build learning health systems - led to two regional consultations with policy-makers representing more than 20 countries. In part this responds to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for health systems to build and develop the ability to ...
While many primary care practitioners want to conduct research, many also struggle with getting started. This article's purpose is to assist emerging researchers in identifying a topic of interest, to try the 'fit' of feasible research approaches and commit to a research approach. The article addresses six objectives: (1) identify how important primary care research comes from clinical ...
Primary health care (PHC) is repeatedly recognized as a foundational element of health systems, and is often where the majority of health care occurs [1, 2].Based on international research evidence, we know that countries with a strong PHC care focus have improved population health outcomes [].PHC research is important for supporting the provision of high quality PHC and the effective ...
The Research Contribution , Research Impact , and Primary Health Care & Information Service used a thematic analysis approach. Finally, some authors went on to pilot their framework, which shaped refinements on the methodological frameworks until approval.
Primary Health Care Research & Information Service (PHC RIS) [31,55] Australia, 2007 • Payback Framework : Methodology designed to assess primary healthcare research. Strong collaboration, personal relationships and the participation of practitioners, health care managers, and policy makers in the definition of the research questions and in ...
Examples of primary research. Primary research can often be quite simple to pursue yourself. Here are a few examples of different research methods you can use to explore different topics.. Example: Survey questionnaire You are interested in the perceptions of your fellow students on universal healthcare. You decide to conduct a survey of students, asking them their thoughts.
The first point of contact for healthcare in the community for people seeking health advice and treatment. Primary care is person-centred rather than disease-centred and focusses on people's needs. ... More integrated primary care and palliative care research is necessary to accompany service developments, providing opportunity to ensure more ...
The importance of multisectoral collaboration for primary health care (PHC) is clear. "PHC is a whole-of-society approach to health that aims at ensuring the highest possible level of health and well-being and their equitable distribution by focusing on people's needs, as early as possible along the continuum from health promotion and disease prevention to treatment, rehabilitation and ...
The purpose of this Technical Brief is to build on these prior efforts and expand the included information, particularly as the number of State Governments producing estimates of primary care spending has grown. The focus of this brief is on comparing and contrasting the definitions, data sources, and methods used across estimates of primary care spending.
About our work at AHRQ. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.
Primary Care Research Experience (6 pages maximum) Provide a description of up to three current or recently completed multi-site clinical studies in primary care settings (with a priority on studies serving rural areas) that the Network Research Hub has led with one or more of the proposed Clinical Sites, highlighting:
Indigenous populations have increased risk of developing diabetes and experience poorer treatment outcomes than the general population. The FORGE AHEAD program partnered with First Nations communities across Canada to improve access to resources by developing community-driven primary healthcare models. This was an economic assessment of FORGE AHEAD using a payer perspective.
Background The public health service capability of primary healthcare personnel directly affects the utilization and delivery of health services, and is influenced by various factors. This study aimed to examine the status, factors, and urban-rural differences of public health service capability among primary healthcare personnel, and provided suggestions for improvement. Methods We used ...
Depression is a prevalent mental health condition worldwide but there is limited data on its presentation and associated symptoms in primary care settings in low- and middle-income countries like Nepal. This study aims to assess the prevalence of depression, its hallmark and other associated symptoms that meet the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) criteria in primary healthcare ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has required patients, healthcare providers, and governments to reimagine how care might be delivered at home, and has revealed opportunities to potentially improve outcomes, reduce costs, and improve patient experience. Telehealthcare adoption 1 Video- or phone-based telehealthcare is only one type of virtual-care solution. We define virtual care as the range of provider ...
Clinical Care for Homeless, Runaway and Refugee Youth by Curren Warf (Editor); Grant Charles (Editor) Adolescent homelessness is a growing problem that results in a variety of health challenges. This text is a practical resource designed to promote effective interdisciplinary health and social care interventions targeting adolescents who are homeless or at risk for homelessness.
To help our clients understand responses to COVID-19, McKinsey launched a research effort to gather insights from physicians into how the pandemic is affecting their ability to provide care, their financial situation, and their level of stress, as well as what kind of support would interest them. Nationwide surveys were conducted online in 2020 from April 27-May 5 (538 respondents), July 22 ...
The Research Pharmacy Team is an assembly of experienced and credentialed pharmacy personnel, primary and supporting, who work to serve the needs of Investigational Drug Trials clinical drug trials within the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System.