By Emeritus Professor Mark Fort Harris

Journal articles

Mckenzie SH; Jayasinghe UW; Fanaian M; Passey M; Lyle D; Powell Davies PG; Harris MF, 2011, 'Socio-demographic factors, behaviour and personality: associations with psychological distress', European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 19, pp. 250 - 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1741826711399426

Vaidya R; Pandya KV; Denney-Wilson E; Harris MF, 2011, 'Sustaining cardiovascular absolute risk management in Australian general practice', Australian Journal of Primary Health, online 7 Dec 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY11091

Comino E; Craig P; Harris E; McDermott D; Harris M; Henry R; Pulver LJ; Kemp L; Knight J, 2010, 'The Gudaga study: Establishing an Aboriginal birth cohort in an urban community', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34, pp. S9 - S17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00546.x

Piribauer F; Thaler K; Harris M, 2010, 'Secondary use of mystery visitor data from a consumer organization to assess general practitioners performance', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 20, pp. 37 - 38, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000283675900094&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Christl B; Harris MF; Jayasinghe UW; Proudfoot J; Taggart J; Tan J, 2010, 'Readiness for organisational change among general practice staff', BMJ Quality & Safety, 19, pp. e12 - e12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/qshc.2009.033373

Harris MF; Bailey L; Snowdon T; Litt J; Smith JW; Joyner B; Furler J, 2010, 'Developing the guidelines for preventive care Two decades of experience', AUSTRALIAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN, 39, pp. 63 - 65, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000274289900016&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Harris MF; Bailey L; Snowdon T; Litt J; Smith JW; Joyner B; Furler J, 2010, 'Developing the guidelines for preventive care: Two decades of experience', Australian Family Physician, 39, pp. 63 - 65

Booth BJ; Zwar NA; Harris MF, 2010, 'A complexity perspective on health care improvement and reform in general practice and primary health care', Australian Journal of Primary Health, 16, pp. 29 - 35, http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=PY10003.pdf

Holton CH; Proudfoot J; Jayasinghe UW; Grimm J; Bubner T; Winstanley J; Harris MF; Beilby J, 2010, 'A tool to measure whether business management capacity in general practice impacts on the quality of chronic disease care.', Health Services Management Research: an official journal of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration, 23, pp. 147 - 153

Laws RA; Chan BC; Williams AM; Powell Davies PG; Jayasinghe UW; Fanaian M; Harris MF, 2010, 'An efficacy trial of brief lifestyle intervention delivered by generalist community nurses (CN SNAP trial)', BMC Nursing, 9, pp. 4 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6955-9-4

Passey M; Fanaian M; Lyle D; Harris MF, 2010, 'Assessment and management of lifestyle risk factors in rural and urban general practices in Australia', Australian Journal of Primary Health, 16, pp. 81 - 86

Wan Q; Zwar NA; Vagholkar S; Campbell TJ; Harris MF, 2010, 'Cardiovascular absolute risk assessment and management: Engagement and outcomes in general practice patients', Australian Family Physician, 39, pp. 954 - 958

Harris MF; Bailey L; Snowdon T; Litt J; Smith J; Joyner B; Furler JS, 2010, 'Developing the guidelines for preventive care in Australian General Practice: two decades of experience', Australian Family Physician, 39, pp. 63 - 65, http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/201001/201001harris.pdf

Harris MF; Chan BC; Daniel C; Wan Q; Zwar NA; Powell Davies PG, 2010, 'Development and early experience from an intervention to facilitate teamwork between general practices and allied health providers: the Team-link study', BMC Health Services Research, 10, pp. 1 - 8, http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6963-10-104.pdf

Wan Q; Harris MF; Zwar NA; Vagholkar S; Kemp LA; Campbell TJ, 2010, 'Experience in implementation of cardiovascular absolute risk assessment and management in Australian general practice.', International Journal of Clinical Practice, 64, pp. 1166 - 1167, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/123529467/HTMLSTART

Chan BC; Perkins D; Wan Q; Zwar NA; Daniel C; Crookes P; Powell Davies PG; Harris MF, 2010, 'Finding Common Ground? Evaluating an intervention to improve teamwork among primary health care professionals.', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 22, pp. 519 - 524, http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/content/22/6/519

Achat HA; Thomas P; Close GR; Moerkerken LR; Harris MF, 2010, 'General health care service utilisation: where, when and by whom in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population', Australian Journal of Primary Health, 16, pp. 132 - 140

Fanaian M; Laws RA; Passey M; Mckenzie SH; Wan Q; Powell Davies PG; Lyle D; Harris MF, 2010, 'Health improvement and prevention study (HIPS) - evaluation of an intervention to prevent vascular disease in general practice', BMC Family Practice, 11, http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2296-11-57.pdf

Harris E; Harris MF; Shortus TD, 2010, 'How do we manage patients who become unemployed?', Medical Journal of Australia, 192, pp. 98 - 101, http://info.library.unsw.edu.au/cgi-bin/local/access/ej-access.cgi?url=http://www.mja.com.au/

Williams AM; Dennis SM; Harris MF, 2010, 'How effective are the linkages between self-management programmes and primary care providers, especially for disadvantaged patients?', Chronic Illness, 7, pp. 20 - 30, http://chi.sagepub.com/content/early/2010/10/01/1742395310383339.abstract

Mazza D; Harris MF, 2010, 'Improving implementation of evidence-based prevention in primary care', Medical Journal of Australia, 193(2), pp. 101 - 102, http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/193_02_190710/maz10489_fm.html

Denney-Wilson E; Fanaian M; Wan Q; Vagholkar S; Schutze H; Harris MF, 2010, 'Lifestyle risk factors in general practice: Routine assessment and management', Australian Family Physician, 39, pp. 950 - 953

Kirby SE; Dennis SM; Jayasinghe UW; Harris MF, 2010, 'Patient related factors in frequent readmissions: the influence of condition, access to services and patient choice', BMC Health Services Research, 10, pp. 216 - 224, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/10/216

Wan Q; Harris MF; Zwar NA; Vagholkar S; Campbell TJ, 2010, 'Prerequisites for implementing a cardiovascular absolute risk assessment in general practice: a qualitative study of Australian general practitioners' and patients' views', Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 16, pp. 580 - 584, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/123396718/PDFSTART

Holton CH; Beilby J; Harris MF; Harper CE; Proudfoot J; Ramsay EN; Ruffin RE, 2010, 'Systematic care for asthma in Australian general practice: a randomised controlled trial', Medical Journal of Australia, 193, pp. 332 - 337, http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/193_06_200910/hol10955_fm.html

McDonald J; Davies GP; Harris MF, 2009, 'Interorganisational and interprofessional partnership approaches to achieve more coordinated and integrated primary and community health services: The Australian experience', Australian Journal of Primary Health, 15, pp. 262 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY09017

Harris M; McDonald J, 2009, 'Health care reform: Facing inequities', Australian Family Physician, 38, pp. 911 - 912

Harris MF; Chan BC; Dennis SM, 2009, 'In reply', Medical Journal of Australia, 191, pp. 472

Rose VK; Harris MF; Ho MT; Jayasinghe U, 2009, 'A better model of diabetes self-management? Interactions between GP communication and patient self-efficacy in self-monitoring of blood glucose', Patient Education and Counseling, 77, pp. 260 - 265

Hanks H; Veitch P; Harris MF, 2009, 'A rural/urban comparison of the roles of the general practitioner in colorectal cancer management (vol 16, pg 376, 2008)', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 17, pp. 68 - 68

Laws RA; Kemp LA; Harris MF; Powell Davies PG; Williams AM; Eames-brown R, 2009, 'An exploration of how clinician attitudes and beliefs influence the implementation of lifestyle risk factor management in primary healthcare: a grounded theory study', Implementation Science, 2009, pp. 66 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-4-66

Ampt AJ; Amoroso C; Harris MF; Mckenzie SH; Rose VK; Taggart J, 2009, 'Attitudes, norms and controls influencing lifestyle risk factor management in general practice', BMC Family Practice, 10, pp. online, http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2296-10-59.pdf

Proudfoot J; Bubner T; Amoroso C; Swan EB; Holton C; Winstanley J; Beilby J; Harris MF, 2009, 'Chronic Care Team Profile: A brief tool to measure the structure and function of chronic care teams in general practice', Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 15, pp. 692 - 698

Harris MF; Chan BC; Dennis SM, 2009, 'Coordination of care for patients with chronic disease', Medical Journal of Australia, 191, pp. 85 - 86

Harris MF; Chan BC; Dennis SM, 2009, 'Coordination of care for patients with chronic disease', Medical Journal of Australia, 191, pp. 472 - 472, http://info.library.unsw.edu.au/cgi-bin/local/access/ej-access.cgi?url=http://www.mja.com.au/

Harris MF; Chan BC; Dennis SM, 2009, 'Coordination of care for patients with chronic disease', Medical Journal of Australia, 191, pp. 471 - 472, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02897.x

Hanks H; Veitch P; Harris MF, 2009, 'Erratum: A rural/urban comparison of the roles of the general practitioner in colorectal cancer management (Australian Journal of Rural Health (2008) vol. 16 (376-382))', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 17, pp. 68

Laws RA; Jayasinghe U; Harris MF; Williams AM; Powell Davies PG; Kemp LA, 2009, 'Explaining the variation in the management of lifestyle risk factors in primary health care: A multilevel cross sectional study', BMC Public Health, 9, pp. 165 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-165

Taggart J; Schwartz A; Harris MF; Perkins DA; Powell Davies PG; Proudfoot J; Fanaian M; Crookes PF, 2009, 'Facilitating teamwork in general practice: moving from theory to practice', Australian Journal of Primary Health, 15, pp. 24 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY08057

Harris MF; Mcdonald J, 2009, 'Health care reform - Facing inequities', Australian Family Physician, 2009, pp. 911 - 912

McDonald J; Powell Davies PG; Harris MF, 2009, 'Interorganisational and interprofessional partnership approaches to achieve more coordinated and integrated primary and community health services: the Australian experience', Australian Journal of Primary Health, 2009, pp. 262 - 269

Barton CA; Proudfoot J; Amoroso C; Ramsay E; Holton C; Bubner T; Harris MF; Beilby J, 2009, 'Management of asthma in Australian general practice: Care is still not in line with clinical practice guidelines', Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 18, pp. 100 - 105

Anderson AL; Proudfoot J; Harris MF, 2009, 'Medical assistants: A primary care workforce solution?', Australian Family Physician, 38, pp. 623 - 626

Harris MF, 2009, 'Organisational Factors Influencing the Management of Chronic Disease', Annals of Family Medicine, 7, pp. 18 - 18

Jayasinghe U; Proudfoot J; Barton CA; Amoroso C; Holton C; Powell Davies PG; Beilby J; Harris MF, 2009, 'Quality of life of Australian chronically-ill adults: Patient and practice characteristics matter', Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-7-50

Harris E; Harris MF, 2009, 'Reducing the impact of unemployment on health: revisiting the agenda for primary health care', Medical Journal of Australia, 191, pp. 119 - 122, http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/191_02_200709/har10340_fm.html

Wan Q; Harris MF; Zwar NA; Campbell TJ; Patel A; Vagholkar S; Mckenzie SH; Denney-Wilson E, 2009, 'Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial: The feasibility and impact of cardiovascular absolute risk assessment in Australian general practice', American Heart Journal, 157, pp. 436 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2008.11.016

Amoroso C; Harris MF; Ampt AJ; Laws RA; Mckenzie SH; Williams AM; Jayasinghe U; Zwar NA, 2009, 'The 45 year old health check: Feasibility and impact on practices and patient behaviour', Australian Family Physician, 38, pp. 358 - 362

Chapman NH; Brighton TA; Harris MF; Caplan GA; Braithwaite J; Chong BH, 2009, 'Venous thromboembolism: Management in general practice', Australian Family Physician, 38, pp. 36 - 40, http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/200901/30039

Harris E; Harris MF; Madden L; Wise M; Gill B; Beaumont J; Sainsbury P, 2009, 'Working in disadvantaged communities: What additional competencies do we need?', Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, 2009, pp. 10 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-8462-6-10

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