While influenza vaccine uptake in older Australian adults is fairly high, uptake in younger at-risk adults is suboptimal.

International evidence suggests that systems with a focus on primary healthcare have better health outcomes and lower health costs.

Despite recent exponential growth in research on familial hypercholesterolaemia, there remains a general lack of public and health professional awareness about the disorder.

While Australian general practitioners gain most of their income from direct patient interactions, they also spend time attending to professional or practice responsibilities.

Home visits may change patients’ healthcare resource utilisation, including hospital admission, medications, outpatient and emergency room visits.

This study provides insights into the management of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) prior to the release of the HMB clinical care standard.

Women’s intentions to use condoms, and their confidence in their ability to negotiate condom use, can be thwarted by lack of partner compliance, as well as various situational factors.

While the majority of the interventions were effective in treating umbilical granuloma, salt application appears to be simple and effective, with minimal complications.

Young people experience cancer risk management in ways that are different to adults, which may affect the acceptability of, adherence to and outcomes of screening.

It is crucial that people who use methamphetamine are able to access appropriate professional support.

Healthcare providers value nutrition care, yet are limited by the healthcare system to provide comprehensive care to people with prediabetes.

Although nutrition is important to bone health, the impact of different dietary patterns on bone density and fracture is unclear.

Asthma presentations are common in general practice, but opportunities to control asthma are often missed.

While clinical guidelines recommend increasing the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives, current contraceptive use and management in Australia do not reflect these recommendations.

General practice registrars are responsible for a significant proportion of immunisations in Australian older adults.