Consumer Participation

There are many ways consumers can participate in health decision-making, from working with health practitioners to improve your own health to contributing to the development and management of health services as a consumer representative.

The Consumers' Health Forum of Australia is the leading national organisation providing a voice for all health consumers.

Follow the links below to find information on consumer participation, including submissions by consumer organisations on health issues. The HealthInsite Consultation topic page has links to information on consultation processes, including calls for submissions and requests for feedback.

Reviewed May 2009

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Title:   Questions to ask your doctor
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Australia
Description:   When cancer is diagnosed you enter into a partnership with your doctor and other health care professionals. To help you get the best care in this partnership you have the right to: ask questions; be specifically informed about the details of your care; and make an informed choice on treatment from the options available to you.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Clinical trials
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   Clinical trials with cancer patients try to find out whether new approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment are safe and effective. Clinical trials can study new drugs, different doses of the same drug, surgical techniques, radiotherapy, or how cancer services are delivered.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Caring together: the health action plan for NSW
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   Caring Together: The Health Action Plan for NSW is the first stage of the NSW Government's response to the Garling Inquiry's findings and recommendations. It includes measures that will be put in place immediately to help improve not just clinical care, but the environment in which that care is delivered, and the compassion and sensitivity with which it is delivered.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Deciding on treatments
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   Suggestions for who to consult and how to decide between cancer treatment options.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Patient-centred health care in primary care: an overview
Publisher:   National Asthma Council Australia (NAC)
Description:   This discussion paper deals with some of the practical ways in which primary care services including general practice, allied health services and community pharmacy can incorporate principles of patient-centred care.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Interventions before consultations for helping patients address their information needs
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients often report that they want more information from their healthcare providers or that the information they do receive does not address their needs. Generally, the amount of information given is small. People have differing needs for information,...
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   10 tips for safer healthcare - booklet
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   How to work with your doctor and other health care professionals to get the best health care for yourself.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Patient-centred health care
Publisher:   National Asthma Council Australia (NAC)
Description:   The National Asthma Council Australia convened the Patient-Centred Health Care Workshop in November 2005 to bring together stakeholder groups in chronic disease.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   The Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF) is the leading national organisation providing a voice for all health consumers.
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   Effective consumer voice and participation for New Zealand
Publisher:   New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:   The report provides an evidence-based summary of: international and New Zealand literature on consumer voice and consumer participation in the health sector; current consumer participation activities in the health sector in New Zealand; international models of consumer bodies and networks.
Date:   Oct 2004
Title:   Drug company advertising (Comments for Consumers)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   In Australia drug companies are not allowed to advertise prescription medicines directly to the public. This does not prevent them from providing information about the conditions the medicines are used for.
Date:   Feb 2004
Title:   Is Australia free from direct-to-consumer advertising?
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Direct-to-consumer advertising is the promotion of prescription medicines to the general public. New Zealand and the USA are the only two countries in the OECD that allow this. It is not currently allowed under Australia's Therapeutic Goods Act.
Date:   Feb 2004
Title:   Interventions for providers to promote a patient-centred approach in clinical consultations
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Problems in health care may arise from healthcare providers focusing on managing diseases rather than on people and their health problems. Patient-centred approaches are increasingly incorporated into training for providers, although 'patient-centrednes...
Date:   Dec 1999
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