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PROTOCOL: How Do Primary Care Providers Seek Advice Regarding Paediatric Care? Protocol for a Mixed Methods

Tina Vickery1, Georgia Fisher1, Lisa Pagano1

  • 1Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Campbell Systematic Reviews
|June 29, 2026
PubMed

Insights

Primary Care Practitioners (PCPs) often face challenges in pediatric care. This systematic review examines how PCPs seek advice within their social networks to improve children's healthcare quality.

Area of Science:

  • Healthcare delivery
  • Pediatric primary care
  • Health systems research

Background:

  • Primary Care Practitioners (PCPs) face significant challenges in delivering pediatric primary care.
  • Variability in pediatric primary care quality is influenced by complex health system factors.
  • Understanding PCP advice-seeking behaviors is crucial for improving care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically review how PCPs seek advice regarding pediatric care.
  • To synthesize the structures, characteristics, and benefits of social networks used by PCPs for advice.
  • To identify factors influencing PCP advice-seeking in pediatric care.

Main Methods:

  • A mixed methods systematic review protocol.
  • Searches of EMBASE, Ovid MEDLINE, and Web of Science for English publications since 2013.
  • Inclusion of diverse study designs (RCTs, qualitative, social network analysis, etc.).
  • Data synthesis using a convergent integrated approach.

Main Results:

  • This section will present findings on PCP social networks for advice-seeking in pediatric care.
  • Analysis will cover network structures, measurement methods, benefits, and encountered barriers.
  • Integrated findings will be generated from quantitative and qualitative data.

Conclusions:

  • Improved understanding of PCP advice-seeking networks can inform strategies to enhance pediatric primary care.
  • Contextually informed strategies leveraging healthcare system interconnectedness are essential.
  • This review will provide evidence to support better pediatric care delivery by PCPs.

Keywords:
advice-seekinggeneral practitionerspaediatricprimary care

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