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Clearinghouse Documents

Consumer and community participation in health and medical research (Statement on)
Publication Date: 2002, Pages: 45 , Author/Source: National Health and Medical Research Council & The Consumers Health Forum of Australia 
The Statement on Participation is intended as a guide to consumers and community participation at all levels and across all types of health and medical research. It includes a checklist as a starting point to facilitating involvement. The summary statement (with the same title) is also available from this website.
 

Consumer and community participation self-assessment tool for hospitals
Publication Date: May, 2004, Pages: 17 , Author/Source: National Resource entre for Consumer Participation in Health 
Based on the original self-assessment (audit) tool for hospitals this tool was revised in 2003 through an evaluation conducted with five metropolitan health services. The tool is designed to help hospitals and units within hospitals to assess commitment to and capacity for consumer (patient), carer and community participation.
 

Consumer participation: tools and strategies for developing a positive culture for meaningful consumer participation: proceedings from a forum held on 9 April 2003
Publication Date: October 2003, Pages: 43 , Author/Source: ACTCOSS 
The forum was the result of four organisations joining forces which ensured that the planning of the forum involved the perspectives of both consumers and service providers. More than 70 participants took part in the day. This document is a collection of papers coming out of the forum.
 

East Gippsland and Wellington Primary Care Partnerships: guide to consumer and carer participation
Publication Date: 2003, Pages: 29 , Author/Source: East Gippsland and Wellington Primary Care Partnerships 
This guide was developed to assist primary health and community service agencies to enhance the quality and effectiveness of their engagement with consumers and carers. Also available in CDROM format.
 

First steps forward: South Australian health reform
Publication Date: September 2003, Pages: 20 , Author/Source: Government of South Australia 
This paper is designed to inform the implementation process for the move to new governance arrangements in the South Australian health system.
 

Improving health services through consumer participation: a resource guide
Publication Date: 2000, Pages: 148 , Author/Source: The Department of Health, Flinders University and the South Australian Community Health Research Unit 
This guide is the complete resource and includes Sections 1 to 7 plus Appendices and is in zip file format. Each of the sections are also available separately in pdf format (see separate entries in the Publications section of this website).
 

Information series: key resources in consumer participation in health
Publication Date: 2004, Pages: 6 , Author/Source: National Resource Centre for Consumer Participation in Health 
This information sheet provides a list of some of the key resources in the library of the National Resource Centre for Consumer Participation in Health. The list is not exhaustive but provides an introduction to key resources.
 

Organisational self-assessment and planning tool for consumer and community participation
Publication Date: May, 2003, Pages: 33 , Author/Source: National Resource Centre for Consumer Participation in Health 
This self-assessment tool is designed to assist organisations to determine their commitment and capacity regarding consumer and community participation, and to identify areas of practice that could benefit from consumer participation.
 

Preparing a consumers' and carers' charter: a draft guide for discussion
Publication Date: 2000, Pages: 35 , Author/Source: Department of Human Services 
The Primary Care Partnership Strategy of the Victorian Government is designed to achieve high quality outcomes for consumers. The Strategy promotes "Adopting a partnership approach with consumers, carers and the broader community, as well as service providers to plan and respond to community needs."
 

Primary care self assessment tool for community and consumer participation, V1.0
Publication Date: 2002, Pages: 21 , Author/Source: National Resource Centre for Consumer Participation in Health 
A tool to assist organisations to assess their community and consumer participation activities.
 

Queensland Health: position statement: consumer and community participation
Publication Date: 2002, Pages: 2 , Author/Source: Queensland Health 
Consumer and community participation in health service planning and delivery is part of the way in which Queensland Health engages with Queenslanders. The intention of this document is to provide a clear guide to consumer and community participation at district and local service delivery level.
 

Summary Consumer and community participation in research ( Summary statement on)
Publication Date: 2002, Pages: 8 , Author/Source: National Medical and Research Council & The Consumers Health Forum 
A summary of the Statement on Participation and includes the objectives and checklists as a starting point in facilitating involvement. The complete statement is also available from this website (see resource with the same title).