About the Authors

Simon D. French

s.french@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliations School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Joanne E. McKenzie

Affiliation School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Denise A. O'Connor

Affiliation School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Jeremy M. Grimshaw

Affiliations Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Duncan Mortimer

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Jill J. Francis

Affiliation Division of Health Services Research & Management, City University London, London, United Kingdom

Susan Michie

Affiliation Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Neil Spike

Affiliations Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victorian Metropolitan Alliance General Practice Training, Victoria, Australia

Peter Schattner

Affiliation Department of General Practice, School of Primary Health Care, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Peter Kent

Affiliations Research Department, Spine Centre of Southern Denmark, Middelfart, Denmark, Institute of Regional Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Rachelle Buchbinder

Affiliations Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Health, Victoria, Australia, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Matthew J. Page

Affiliation School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Sally E. Green

Affiliation School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDF JEM DAO JMG DM SEG. SEG was the lead investigator of the funding application. Analyzed the data: JEM. Wrote the first draft of the paper: SDF JEM. Contributed to revisions of the manuscript and approved the final version: SDF JEM DAO JMG DM JJF SM NS PS PK RB MJP SEG. Designed and/or delivered the intervention: SDF JEM DAO JMG JJF SM NS PS RB SEG. Acquired the data: SDF MJP.