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2013

Nursing

The University of Notre Dame Australia

Lifestyle risk factor management

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The Impact Of A Team-Based Intervention On The Lifestyle Risk Factor Management Practices Of Community Nurses: Outcomes Of The Community Nursing Snap Trial, B Chan, U Jayasinghe, B Christl, R Laws, N Orr, A Williams, K Partington, M Harris Jan 2013

The Impact Of A Team-Based Intervention On The Lifestyle Risk Factor Management Practices Of Community Nurses: Outcomes Of The Community Nursing Snap Trial, B Chan, U Jayasinghe, B Christl, R Laws, N Orr, A Williams, K Partington, M Harris

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Background: Lifestyle risk factors like smoking, nutrition, alcohol consumption, and physical inactivity (SNAP) are the main behavioural risk factors for chronic disease. Primary health care is an appropriate setting to address these risk factors in individuals. Generalist community health nurses (GCHNs) are uniquely placed to provide lifestyle interventions as they see clients in their homes over a period of time. The aim of the paper is to examine the impact of a service-level intervention on the risk factor management practices of GCHNs.

Methods: The trial used a quasi-experimental design involving four generalist community nursing services in NSW, Australia. The services …