A Qualitative Study of Lifestyle Counselling in General Practice in Ireland

Authors: Barry Lambe and Claire Collins, Department of Health, Sport and Exercise Science, Waterford Institute of Technology, Cork Road, Waterford and Irish College of General Practitioners, 4/5 Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Background

There is limited information in Ireland on the attitudes of GPs and practice nurses to lifestyle counselling and the strategies or approaches they use. Furthermore, there is no national framework or resources to support the systematic and uniform provision of lifestyle counselling.