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Identifying the structural enablers to the clinical management of people with hepatitis B in general practice: a qualitative investigation

Past project

General Practice and other primary health care services are recognised as essential in reducing hepatitis B-related mortality in Australia. The Third National Hepatitis B Strategy 2018-2022 identifies general practice as a “priority setting” for delivering education, prevention and care services, with key elements for the transition of hepatitis B management from specialist to primary care yet to be described.

Objectives

Several challenges to the general practice response to hepatitis B are described, including poor knowledge of hepatitis B, lack of awareness of clinical management processes, poor specialist referral processes and inadequate financial support for hepatitis B management.

In spite of these concerns and with the escalating mortality resulting from hepatitis B- related liver cancer, its management within primary care services is supported. This research investigates general practice responses to hepatitis B by aiming to identify systematic enablers to the clinical management of people with hepatitis B within these settings.

Timeline

June 2020 (completed).

Partners

Funding partners

Co-funded between Burnet Institute and Victorian Cancer Council

Collaborators

  • cohealth/Doherty Institute: Nicole Allard
  • Victorian Cancer Council: Clare O’Reilly

Project contacts

Associate Professor Jessica Howell

Associate Professor Jessica Howell

Co-head, Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer; Senior Research Fellow
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Project team

Professor Margaret Hellard AM

Professor Margaret Hellard AM

Deputy Director, Programs; Adjunct Professor, Monash University, DEPM.
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Associate Professor Jessica Howell

Associate Professor Jessica Howell

Co-head, Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer; Senior Research Fellow
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Dr Jacqui Richmond

Dr Jacqui Richmond

Program Manager, Workforce Development and Health Service Delivery, EC Australia
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Dr Jack Wallace

Dr Jack Wallace

Senior Research Officer
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