Family Medicine and Community Health — Contents of Volume 2, 2014

Commentary

Pre hospital medical services and paramedic engagement in Australian health care – Improving the pathways of care through collaborative action

Richard Brightwell, Ray Bange—— Volume 2, Number 4, 1

New models for chronic disease management in the United States and China

Ronald R. O’Donnell—— Volume 2, Number 4, 13

The Community Hub: a proposal to change the role of Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs)

Ian Maddocks—— Volume 2, Number 4, 20

Original Research

The current status of community mental health services in three northern areas of China

Xiaoyi Yang, Fengchi Yang, Wenqing Fu, Lingling Guo, Lihua Xu, Hui Zhang—— Volume 2, Number 1, 1

Types of community health services selected by urban and suburban residents in Nanjing and inf uencing factors

Hong Fan, Qianyuan Wang, Yinyan Wu—— Volume 2, Number 1, 8

Correlation between KCNQ1 gene polymorphism and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Huaihai region of ChinaXing Gao, Dongmei Lv, Yan Wang, Tao Wang, Wei Li, Yanbo Zhang, Yaqin Wei, Jiali Zhang, Qian Lu, Xiaoxing Yin—— Volume 2, Number 1, 15

Longitudinal study of a community hospital integrated model for diabetes management in the Beijing Jingsong community

Jiandong Zhang, Ning Zhuang, Mingxia Yuan, Lijuan Gao, Chuan Bian, Huaining Chen, Qing Chi, Suqing Hui, Guiying Li, Yanli Su, Hongsong Bao, Gang Wan, Guangran Yang, Shenyuan Yuan—— Volume 2, Number 1, 20

A perspective on the development of family medicine in China

Guoping Xu—— Volume 2, Number 1, 28

Interrelation among alexithymia and negative psychology of nursing personnel and their coping style

Shuwen Li, Guiying Yao, Yanling Gui, Bin Zhang—— Volume 2, Number 2, 1

Great efforts are needed to develop primary medical service in China: correcting the mistranslation of “Primary Health Care” as the f rst step

Guoping Xu—— Volume 2, Number 2, 6

Massage treatment of chronic persistent pediatric asthma

Fuling Tian, Qi Li, Jianmei Cui, Shuxiang Ma, Hongbin Wang, Xueqing Li—— Volume 2, Number 2, 10

Prospective study of the short-term effect of 1.75 mmol/L calcium concentration dialysate on hemodialysis patients

Dongliang Zhang, Fang Sun, Yilun Zhou, Xiaofeng Duan, Yi Sun, Taigen Cui, Wenhu Liu—— Volume 2, Number 2, 15

Four-year dynamic observation and study on standardized management of elderly patients with type 2 diabetes in Beijing Yongding Road Community

Yue Li, Dongyun Shen, Wei Zhang, Yimin Wang, Hongmei Li, Jie Geng, Liying Yang, Zhijun Xiao, Yan Liu, Zhigang Feng, Linying Cao, Yan Jin, Lixia Shi—— Volume 2, Number 2, 22

Relationship between f broblast growth factor 21 and thyroid stimulating hormone in healthy subjects without components of metabolic syndrome

Tianxu Fu, Shanshan Yuan, Ying Gao, Chenxue Qu, Lan Chen, Yan Hui, Guizhi Lu, Yanming Gao, Xiaohui Guo—— Volume 2, Number 3, 1

Relationship between obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and liver f brosis

Haifeng Kan, Long Chen, Zhiyun Yang, Shixiang Zhu—— Volume 2, Number 3, 7

Analysis of the chemoprophylactic effect on close contacts of patients with active tuberculosis and positive tuberculin skin tests

Cunzhi Lin, Fangfang Wang, Jinfeng Li, Jianxin Du, Hairong Wang, Xinhong Zhu—— Volume 2, Number 3, 12

Role of fractional f ow reserve in guiding intervention for borderline coronary lesions

Xuekun Shi, Lu Cheng—— Volume 2, Number 3, 18

Association between esophageal cancer in middle-aged and elderly patients and body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio

Lihui Yan, Zhongyuan Shan, Ying Sun, Ying Yan, Zhiquan Lu—— Volume 2, Number 3, 26

A case-control study on family environment characteristics of accident-prone children

Sisi Chen, Leshan Zhou—— Volume 2, Number 4, 26

Risk factors for post-operative delirium in elderly Chinese patients

Xiaoli Yuan, Zhixia Jiang, Lingxia Song, Li Yang, Ying He, Gongyin Luo—— Volume 2, Number 4, 32

Analysis of the characteristics of coronary artery lesions in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome and inf uencing factors

Bin Sun, Jing Liu, Ding Huang, Cheng Liu—— Volume 2, Number 4, 41

Effect of core stability training on balance in elderly women

Zhumei Shi, Junhua Zhou—— Volume 2, Number 4, 48

Effects of psycho-scene-drama on empathic ability of patients with chronic schizophrenia

Hongmei Tian, Weifang Niu, Ping Liu, Na Wang, Huijing Yu, Zhanhong Zhao—— Volume 2, Number 4, 53

Case Studies

Sudden loss of unilateral vision

John Murtagh—— Volume 2, Number 1, 35

A 2-year-old child with cough and respiratory distress

John Murtagh—— Volume 2, Number 2, 37

A 66-year-old woman with increasing physical and mental lethargy and weight gain

John Murtagh—— Volume 2, Number 3, 41

An 18-year-old female student with fevers, weakness, and dysphagia

John Murtagh—— Volume 2, Number 4, 59

Empirical Study

Meta-analysis on the relevance of HLA-DRB1 gene polymorphisms in a Chinese population with pulmonary tuberculosis

Yong Su, Ying Li, Guixiang Sun—— Volume 2, Number 2, 30

Methodological Study

Preparation of a questionnaire for disease knowledge-attitude- practice awareness of patients with remitted schizophrenia based on a structural equation model

Lina Wang, Yuqiu Zhou, Li Zhao, Yahui Jiao, Xiujun Li—— Volume 2, Number 3, 34

Cochrane Updates & Nice Guidelines

Limited evidence for benef ts of non-steroidal anti-inf ammatory drugs for tennis elbow; Mass media interventions effective for smoking cessation in adults; Diet and exercise effective for weight reduction after childbirth; Fluoride varnishes prevent dental caries in children and adolescents; Behaviour change: individual approaches; Domestic violence and abuse: how health services, social care, and the organisations work with each and respond effectively—— Volume 2, Number 1, 37

Interventions to Promote Pre-Op Informed Consent Effective; Simple Treatments Effective for Bedwetting in Children; Self-Help Therapies of some Benef t in Anxiety Disorders; Enhanced Care may Help People with Functional Somatic Symptoms; Needle and Syringe Programs; Managing Overweight and Obesity in Adults – Lifestyle Weight Management Services—— Volume 2, Number 2, 39

No clear benef t from active chest compression-decompression compared with standard manual CPR; Small benef t from cognitive behavioural therapies for f bromyalgia; Limited benef t from telephone support for pregnant women; Contraceptive services with a focus on young people up to 25 years of age; Managing medicines in care homes; Exercise referral schemes to promote physical activity—— Volume 2, Number 3, 43

Reader Services

Instructions for Authors —— Volume 2, Number 1, 41

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