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Improving the health behaviours of elderly people — randomised controlled trial of a general practice education programme
Author(s)	Ngaire M Kerse, Leon Flicker, Damien Jolley
Journal title	British Medical Journal, vol 319, no 7211, 11 September 1999
Pages	pp 683-687
Keywords	Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; General practice ; Australia.
Annotation	Few educational interventions for doctors have shown benefit to patients' health. Older people were identified in UK health initiatives as in need of additional attention, and levels of health protective behaviours were low in community surveys. By contrast, a multifacteted intervention for general practitioners (GPs) in Melbourne, Australia was effective in improving walking behaviour, self-rated health status, and the frequency of social contacts with older patients. GPs are effective in improving their older patients' health and health behaviours. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-991004206 A
Classmark	CC: LK2: L5: 7YA
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