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Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice 7th edition

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Full index

Introduction and user guide

Preventive activities before pregnancy

Genetic counselling and testing

Preventive activities in children and young people

Preventive activities in middle age

Preventive activities in older age

Communicable diseases

Prevention of chronic disease

Prevention of vascular and metabolic disease

Early detection of cancers

Psychosocial

Oral hygiene

Glaucoma

Urinary incontinence

Osteoporosis

Screening tests of unproven benefit

References

Appendices

Glossary

Acronyms

Acknowledgements

Disclaimer

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Acknowledgments

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution of the following authors and reviewers of the Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice (the ‘red book’) 7th edition.

Taskforce members

Professor Mark Harris, Chair, Red Book Task Force; Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales; National Standing Committee for Quality Care, The RACGP
Dr John Bennett, National Standing Committee for Quality Care, The RACGP Professor Chris Del Mar, Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Queensland
Adjunct Associate Professor and Conjoint Associate Professor Michael Fasher, Western Clinical School, University of Sydney; School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales
Dr Linda Foreman, General practitioner, South Australia
Dr John Furler, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Caroline Johnson, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria; National Standing Committee for Quality Care, The RACGP
Dr Beres Joyner, National Standing Committee for Quality Care, The RACGP
Dr John Litt, Department of General Practice, Flinders University, South Australia; Deputy Chairman, National Standing Committee for Quality Care, The RACGP
Associate Professor Danielle Mazza, Department of General Practice, School of Primary Care, Monash University, Victoria; National Standing Committee for Quality Care, The RACGP
Associate Professor Jane Smith, General Practice, School of Medicine, Bond University, Queensland; Deputy Chairman, National Standing Committee for Quality Care, The RACGP; Chair, Queensland Faculty, The RACGP
Associate Professor Ron Tomlins, Chair, National Standing Committee for Quality Care, The RACGP
Ms Linda Bailey, Project Manager, National Standing Committee for Quality Care, The RACGP
Ms Jane London, Program Manager, Quality Care, The RACGP
Ms Teri Snowdon, National Manager, Quality Care and Research, The RACGP

Reviewers

Sam Biondo, Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association
Dr Andrew Boyden, National Heart Foundation of Australia
Chantel Chucas, Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association
Dr Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales
Dr Stella Healey, Victorian Cytology Service
Dr Kelsey Hegarty, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Dr David Jardine, Princess Alexandra Sexual Health, Queensland
Dr Marlene Kong, Australian Indigenous Doctors Association
Associate Professor Chris Levi, National Stroke Foundation of Australia
Dr Adrian Lim, Australasian College of Dermatologists
Mr Peter Marshall, The RACGP
Associate Professor Timothy Mathew, Kidney Health Australia
Mr David Menzies, Kinect Australia (previously Vicfit)
Dr Jim Muir, Australasian College of Dermatologists
Ms Carolyn Murray, Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital, New South Wales
Professor Mark Nelson, Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania
Ms Alison Peipers, The Cancer Council Victoria
Dr Carole Pinnock, Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia
Ms Terry Slevin, Nutrition and Physical Activity Committee, The Cancer Council WA
Dr Julie Thompson, National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Representatives from Australasian College of Skin Cancer Medicine and Skin Cancer Society of Australia
We gratefully acknowledge representatives from the above organisations who contributed to the comments received

Funding

This seventh edition of the Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice was developed by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. The dissemination of the guidelines is supported by funding from the Australian Government through the Clinical Practice Guidelines Dissemination and Implementation project.


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