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Preventive evidence into practice (PEP) study: implementation of guidelines to prevent primary vascular disease in general practice protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
There are significant gaps in the implementation and uptake of evidence-based guideline recommendations for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes in Australian general practice. This study protocol describes the methodology for a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a model that aims to improve the implementation of these guidelines in Australian general practice developed by a collaboration between researchers, non-government organisations, and the profession.This study is funded by an Australian National Health and Medical Research
Council (NHMRC) Partnership grant (ID 568978) together with the Australian
National Heart Foundation, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners,
and the BUPA Foundation. MH is supported by a NHMRC Senior Principle
Research Fellowship