COMPaRE-PHC was funded from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2016.

This website now operates as a record of COMPaRE-PHC people, activities and achievements.  

Aim 

The Centre for Obesity Management and Prevention Research Excellence in Primary Health Care (COMPaRE-PHC) aimed to inform primary health care policy and practice in the prevention and management of obesity in disadvantaged populations across Australia.

Publications

A comparison of recruitment methods for a mobile health intervention targeting mothers: Lessons from the Growing healthy program
Year:
2016
Author:
Laws, R. Litterbach, E. Denney-Wilson, E. Russell, G. Taki, S. Ong, K. Elliott, R. Lymer, S. Campbell, K.J.
Stream:
Stream 1 Families with young children
Journal of Medical Internet Research, Vol 18, No 9
Effects of parent and child behaviours on weight in infants and young children from socioeconomically disadvantaged and Indigenous backgrounds
Year:
2014
Author:
Taki, S Russell, G Elliott, R Laws, R Azadi, L Campbell, K Denney-Wilson, E
Stream:
Stream 1 Families with young children
International Conference on Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture: Biocultural, Relational and Spatial Perspectives, Sydney
Improving preventive care for patients with low health literacy in Australian General Practice
Year:
2013
Author:
Mark Harris
Stream:
Stream 2 Disadvantaged populations
North American Primary Care Research Group Meeting (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting, Ottawa, 10 November 2013 

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COMPaRE-PHC TOPIC SUMMARY

How can GPs help patients with obesity to lose weight?
Author:
Professor Mark Harris and Dr. Catherine Spooner
An overview of the NHMRC's Clinical practice guidelines for the management of overweight and obesity in adults, adolescents and children in Australia
Dietary interventions in management of adults with overweight and obesity
Author:
Alice Gibson and Professor Ian Caterson
How to design dietary interventions using the Eat for Health program
Motivational interviewing for parents of young children
Author:
Associate Professor Rachael Taylor
Telling parents that their young child is overweight: The role of motivational interviewing

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