Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice

Table of Abbreviations

    1. Table of Abbreviations

Table of Abbreviations

ACIR

Australian Childhood Immunisation Register

ACQUIP

Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project

ADA

American Diabetes Association

AF

Atrial fibrillation

AHMAC

Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council

ANRQ

Antenatal Risk Questionnaire

ASHM

Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine

ATAGI

Australian technical Advisory Group on Immunisation

AUDIT-C

Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test – Consumption

BBV

Blood-borne virus

BCC

Basal cell carcinoma

BMD

Bone mineral density

BMI

Body mass index

BP

Blood pressure

BPD

Borderline personality disorder

CAC

Coronary artery calcium

CALD

Culturally and linguistically diverse

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CF

Cystic fibrosis

CHAT

Community health approaches to

CHC

Combined hormonal contraception

COPE

Centre of Perinatal Excellence

CTFPHC

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

CVS

Chorionic villus sampling

DASH

Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension

DASS

Depression Anxiety Stress Scales

DBAS

Dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep

DDH

Developmental dysplasia of the hip

DLCN

Dutch Lipid Clinic Network

DXA

Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

ECG

Electrocardiogram

EPDS

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

ERSPC

European Randomized study of Screening for Prostate Cancer

FASD

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

FBG

Fasting blood glucose

FH

Familial hypercholesterolaemia

FPU

First pass urine

FRAX®

Fracture Risk Assessment Tool

FSRH

Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

FXS

Fragile X syndrome

GP

General practitioner

GPCOG

General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition

GPMHSC

General Practice Mental Health Standards Collaboration

GRADE

Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation

HANAA

Here and Now Aboriginal Assessment

HANDI

Handbook of Non-Drug Interventions

HCV

Hepatitis C Virus

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

HPV

Human papillomavirus

IGT

Impaired glucose tolerance

IPAV

Intimate partner abuse and violence

KDCP

Koori dementia care project

LARC

Long Acting Reversible Contraception

LBC

Liquid Based Cytology

MBS

Medicare Benefits Schedule

MET

Metabolic equivalent of task

MHT

Menopausal hormone therapy

MRI

Magnetic resonance imaging

MSAC

Medical Services Advisory Committee

NBCSP

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

NCIRS

National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance

NDIS

National Disability Insurance Scheme

NHMRC

National Health and Medical Research Council

NHS

National Health Service

NICE

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

NIPS

National Immunisation Program Schedule

NIPT

Non-invasive prenatal testing

NSAID

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OGTT

Oral glucose tolerance test

OKQ

One Key Question®

OSA

Obstructive sleep apnoea

PEDS

Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status

PGRTC

Problem Gambling Research and Treatment Centre

PICO

Population, intervention, comparator/control and outcomes

PID

Pelvic inflammatory disease

PRAMS

Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

PrEP

Pre-exposure prophylaxis

PSA

Prostate specific antigen

RACGP

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

RANZCO

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists

RANZCOG

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

RCT

Randomised controlled trial

ROSE

Risk-stratified Osteoporosis Strategy Evaluation

RUDAS

Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale

SCC

Squamous cell carcinoma

SERM

Selective oestrogen receptor modulators

SIDS

Sudden infant death syndrome

SMA

Spinal muscular atrophy

SNAP

Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical

SNP

Single nucleotide polymorphism

SOS

SALT Osteoporosis Study

TGA

Therapeutic Goods Administration

TIA

Transient ischaemic attack

USPSTF

US Preventive Services Task Force

WHO

World Health Organization

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