Objective To determine family physicians' practice of, knowledge about, and attitudes toward
delivering preventive care during periodic health examinations (PHEs). Design A stratified …

BACKGROUND: Delivery of preventive services sometimes falls short of guideline
recommendations. PURPOSE: To evaluate the multilevel factors associated with evidence …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To ascertain which physician and practice characteristics are
associated with self-reported provision of preventive care as recommended by the Canadian …

Introduction: Effective preventive services are needed most in underserved, inner-city
settings that suffer disproportionately from morbidity and mortality. Primary care physicians …

Introduction: Urban minority groups, such as those living in north Manhattan, are generally
underserved with regard to cancer prevention and screening practices. Primary care …

OBJECTIVE: Rates of preventive counseling remain below national guidelines. We explored
physician and patient predictors of preventive counseling across multiple cancer risk …

Background This qualitative study is a sub-component of BETTER WISE, a comprehensive
and structured approach that proactively addresses chronic disease prevention, screening …

Primary care physicians are uniquely positioned to practice primary and secondary cancer
prevention. However, despite a positive commitment, many physicians are pessimistic about …

Delivering preventive care in a primary care practice is often more difficult for rural than for
urban practices. First, rural compared with urban patients tend to be older, poorer, and less …

This study evaluated patients' perceptions of the family practice physician's role in providing
health promotion services. We distributed a questionnaire to a convenience sample of 450 …