Identifying the structural enablers to the clinical management of people with hepatitis B in general practice: a qualitative investigation
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
Co-head, Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer; Senior Research Fellow
Project team
Professor Margaret Hellard AM
Deputy Director, Programs; Adjunct Professor, Monash University, DEPM.
Associate Professor Jessica Howell
Co-head, Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer; Senior Research Fellow
Dr Jacqui Richmond
Program Manager, Workforce Development and Health Service Delivery, EC Australia
