Heart Health Begins With Community: Community-Based Research Exploring Innovative Strategies to Support First Nations Heart Health.

Background: Indigenous people have displayed their strength through their holistic practices and spiritual connection to the land. Despite overcoming the impact of discriminatory and disempowering policies within Western institutions, Indigenous people continue to experience a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, compared to the general population. To move toward improving Indigenous health outcomes, researchers need to work in partnership with communities to develop heart health strategies centred on their experienced barriers and sources of healing.

General Practice Nurse education in Scotland - now and in the future.

General practice is changing in Scotland with a new GP contract transforming how health care will be delivered in the future. These changes and developments are supportive of general practice nurses (GPNs) enabling their transformation into a new role of expert nursing generalists. GPNs are core members of the primary care team and are therefore fundamental to the future of General Practice.