Caroline Laurence
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View article: An exploration of after‐hours workloads of trainee medical officers in a South Australian tertiary hospital
An exploration of after‐hours workloads of trainee medical officers in a South Australian tertiary hospital Open
Background In Australia, after‐hours medical care is primarily delivered by a small number of Trainee Medical Officers (TMOs), but little is known about their workloads. With increasing care demands on hospitals, this needs to be understoo…
Assessing the Utility of Primary Health Care Indicator-Activities in the Context of Low-and Middle-Income Countries: A Document Analysis Open
Introduction: Community Health Worker Programs (CHWPs) have the potential to contribute to global health goals if their activities are aligned with the principles of Primary Health Care (PHC). The limited research and advice on how the PHC…
Concomitant illnesses in pregnancy in Indonesia: A health systems analysis at a District level Open
Background In LMICs, including Indonesia, there is a rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with a prevailing burden of infectious diseases, including among pregnant women. The Indonesian health system faces significant challeng…
Application of primary healthcare principles in national community health worker programmes in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review Open
Objective To identify which primary healthcare (PHC) principles are reflected in the implementation of national community health worker (CHW) programmes and how they may contribute to the outcomes of these programmes in the context of low-…
Structural Quality of Services and Use of Family Planning Services in Primary Health Care Facilities in Ethiopia. How Do Public and Private Facilities Compare? Open
Background: Family planning (FP) is among the important interventions that reduce maternal mortality. Poor quality FP service is associated with lower services utilisation, in turn undermining the efforts to address maternal mortality. The…
Healthcare providers’ perspectives on use of the national guideline for family planning services in Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a qualitative study Open
Objective To explore healthcare providers’ views on barriers to and facilitators of use of the national family planning (FP) guideline for FP services in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Design Qualitative study. Setting Nine health facilities inc…
View article: The general practice nurse workforce: Estimating future supply
The general practice nurse workforce: Estimating future supply Open
Over the 13-year period considered, the Australian practice nurse workforce is predicted to move into a position of shortage. Retention and recruitment policies are shown to be effective in addressing these shortages.
Burden of depressive symptoms and non-alcohol substance abuse; and their association with alcohol use and partner violence: a cross-sectional study in four sub-Saharan Africa countries Open
In sub-Saharan Africa, there are limited data on burden of non-alcohol substance abuse (NAS) and depressive symptoms (DS), yet potential risk factors such as alcohol and intimate partner violence (IPV) are common and NAS abuse may be the r…
Supports and hindrances to the integration of co-located services in multiple models of primary health care delivery Integration in co-located primary health care services Open
Introduction: In 2008 the Australian Government funded the establishment of GP Super Clinics based loosely on the UK Darzi polyclinic model. The intention was to collocate general practice and allied health services. The initiative was cen…
The never ending road: improving, adapting and refining a needs-based model to estimate future general practitioner requirements in two Australian states Open
The simulation model incorporates contextual differences to its structure that allows within and cross jurisdictional comparisons of workforce estimations. It also provides greater insights into the drivers of supply and demand and the imp…
Client and facility level determinants of quality of care in family planning services in Ethiopia: Multilevel modelling Open
Over the last two decades, while contraceptive use has improved in Ethiopia, the contraceptive prevalence rate remains low. In addition to socio-demographic and cultural factors, the quality of care in Family Planning (FP) services is an i…
Trends and causes of maternal mortality in Ethiopia during 1990–2013: findings from the Global Burden of Diseases study 2013 Open
Background: Maternal mortality is noticeably high in sub-Saharan African countries including Ethiopia. Continuous nationwide systematic evaluation and assessment of the problem helps to design appropriate policy and strategy in Ethiopia. T…
Factors Determining Quality of Care in Family Planning Services in Africa: A Systematic Review of Mixed Evidence Open
There is limited evidence on factors determining quality of care in family planning services in Africa that shows quality of care is influenced by multiple factors. The evidence suggests that lowering access barriers and avoiding unnecessa…
Rethinking registrar attributes for Australian rural general practice training Open
Objective Despite increases in Commonwealth funded general practice (GP) Registrar training positions, workforce trends continue to show geographical maldistribution. This study aimed to identify Registrar attributes which describe a cohor…