A primary care led NHS, driven by evidence based practice, needs to build on a firm foundation
of research in primary care. As researchers are making increasing use of questionnaire …

BACKGROUND: Response rates by general practitioners (GPs) to postal surveys have
consistently fallen, compromising the validity of this type of research. If postal survey work is to …

General practitioners' (GPs') recognition of, attitudes towards, and intervention for,
excessive drinking and alcohol problems among their patients were assessed in a postal …

BACKGROUND: The recent Green Paper, Our Healthier Nation, identifies professional
advice on healthier living as a key component of its national contract for health. General …

… EFS Kaner, BSC, PHD, MSC, NHS primary care career scientist; CA Lock, BSC, MA, research
associate; and BR McAvoy, MD, FRCGP, professor of primary health care, Department of …

Morbidity patterns from general practice worldwide highlight the high prevalence of mental
health problems, the commonest being depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance. Many of …

… Brian R McAvoy, Rabia Raza … Choyce A, McAvoy BR. Cervical cancer screening and
registration-are they … McAvoy BR, Raza R. Asian women: 1. Contraceptive knowledge, attitudes …

BACKGROUND: Providing doctors with new research findings or clinical guidelines is rarely
sufficient to promote changes in clinical practice. An implementation strategy is required to …

Aim To describe the characteristics of clients addicted to over-the-counter (OTC) codeine
analgesics presenting to an Auckland open-access clinic, and to compare them to clients …

… Julie J Yallop, Brian R McAvoy, Joanne L Croucher, Andrew Tonkin and Leon Piterman,
on behalf of the CHAT Study Group … Brian R McAvoy 2 … McAvoy BR. Primary care …