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Appendices
Appendix A. Complete list of potential interventions
Patient and professional awareness
Increase awareness by education about menstruation/endometriosis at elementary school
Increase awareness by education about menstruation/endometriosis at secondary school
Increase awareness by education at public health service/ school medical officer
Increase awareness by publicity at social media
Increase awareness by publicity in magazines
Increase awareness by publicity on television
Increase awareness using a celebrity for media attention
Provide education with commercial products (for instance in sanitary towels/ tampons)
Increase knowledge about the existence of the patient interest group Increase education about endometriosis in the general curriculum for medical students
Increase education about endometriosis in the curriculum for general practitioner (GP) trainees
Increase education about endometriosis in the curriculum for gynaecology residents
Increase post academic education for general practitioners by specialized GPs Increase post academic education for GPs by gynaecologists
Increase post academic education for gynaecologists
Increase post academic education for other medical specialists, for instance gastro-enterologists and urologists
Increase number of scientific publications concerning endometriosis in medical journals and at conferences
Patient behaviour
Promote timely consultation with GP by media campaign
Promote timely consultation with GP by expanding website with layman information advocated by GPs (www.thuisarts.nl)
Promote adequate preparation for consultation with GP (questionnaire/ diary) Promote adequate preparation for consultation with gynaecologist (questionnaire/diary)
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