Recommendations to improve selfmanagement
support and health outcomes for people with
chronic conditions in primary care settings are provided on
the basis of expert opinion supported by evidence for practices
and processes. Practices and processes that could
improve self-management support in primary care were
identified through a nominal group process. In a targeted
search strategy, reviews and meta-analyses were then identifed
using terms from a wide range of chronic conditions
and behavioral risk factors in combination with Self-Care,
Self-Management, and Primary Care. On the basis of these
reviews, evidence-based principles for self-management
support were developed