This contributed to practitioners' belief that the media claims against them were false or exaggerated, and that their stance was justified.
Presumably, this lack of evidence contributes to practitioners' reluctance to provide preventive treatment to adults, and may limit purchasers' enthusiasm for coverage for such treatment.
There is also a need for the positive promotion of the TGA as an information source, as the 'anti-CAM' perception of the Government held by some of the practitioners may contribute to these practitioners not accessing Government based information sources.
The review also concluded that some of the factors that contribute to practitioner delay included: symptom misattribution and/or no examination or investigation of malignancy.
Furthermore, a negative screening result may give patients false reassurance if they subsequently develop symptoms, an occurrence that has already been found to contribute to practitioner delay (Funch, 1985; Kemppainen et al, 1993; Harris and Simson, 1998).
Rudduck and Hopkins (1985) developed a paradigm of action research that aimed to "demystify and democratise research", as a response to their perception that educational research was not contributing effectively to classroom practitioners.
The pilot study was performed to check for clarity and readability of individual questionnaire items and the adequacy of this tool in assessing the knowledge of health practitioners, thereby contributing to the face validity of the questionnaire.
In many countries, acute care nurse practitioners contribute to patient care through an expanded scope of practice that includes nursing and medical activities.
Moreover, the study's outcomes (i.e. two ontological guidelines) will contribute to advance practitioners' knowledge to design and evaluate the web interface signs in order to improve the overall system usability and end user experience.
To increase the strength of the study, the data was compared to a large database of Health Search (HS) of the Research Institute of the Italian Society of General Practice, to which general practitioners contributed with shared modalities for the regular and complete recording of the principal health data[2].
