Trials of two broad, multifaceted, clinic-based PTB prevention programmes targeting disadvantaged women with additional clinical risk factors for PTB suggested that such interventions might be effective in reducing PTB.
2) The multidisciplinary and multifaceted outpatient clinic will reduce the use of health services and thus, this intervention will be more cost-effective at 12-month follow up than the traditional individual outpatient clinic.
Conclusion: in an academic family practice clinic, a multifaceted intervention in support of diabetes treatment guidelines modestly improved glycemic control without incurring additional costs.
The challenge is for clinician-scientists to integrate basic and translational advances efficiently and rapidly into the clinic, recognizing the value of a multifaceted paradigm.
Clinics are randomised to either receive a multifaceted intervention designed to facilitate increased testing or to continue with usual care.
Cohort studies such as the Right from The Start Study (RFTS) [ 6] and Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children ALSPACC) Study [ 7] highlight the need for a multifaceted recruitment approach (i.e. community recruitment, prenatal clinics, advertising) with cooperation from collaborators.
Objective: in an academic family practice clinic, we performed a controlled trial of a multifaceted intervention versus usual care for managing diabetes.
Objectives. Within a clinic serving disadvantaged children, 1) to evaluate a multifaceted quality improvement (QI) project to improve immunization (IZ) up-to-date (UTD) rates and 2) to assess the efficacy of IZ reminder/recall performed following QI.
A total of 143 general practice clinics have been enrolled and randomised to either receive a multifaceted intervention designed to facilitate increased testing or to continue with usual care.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study in Australia to evaluate an interdisciplinary, multifaceted practice pharmacist role to improve the quality use of medicines by both patients and clinic staff.
19 21 23 Studies looking at specialist feeding clinics within the USA and the UK 24 27 describe the intricate and multifaceted nature of feeding and swallowing disorders and highlight the importance of multidisciplinary working to ensure holistic, child-centred and family-centred assessment, treatment and support.
