Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group
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Newsletters
Join the group - each newsletter will be sent to you when it is published. All these files are PDFs.
Annual Reports
Pre 2002 reports available on request.
AMQuIP Bulletins 2006-07
These evidence and resource bulletins (PDF format) give summaries of high-quality evidence related to consumer involvement in health care. They also provide information about the availability of relevant resources. The bulletins were funded by the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Quality Improvement Program (AMQuIP), from the Chronic Disease and Palliative Care Branch of the Department of Health and Ageing.
- Introductory bulletin: Introducing the work of the Cochrane Consumers & Communication Review Group, this bulletin outlines the activities undertaken in conjunction with participating AMQuIP projects
Evidence Bulletins
- Evidence bulletin 1: on the review ‘Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.’
- Evidence bulletin 2: on the review ‘Interactive Health Communication Applications (IHCAs) for people with chronic disease.'
- Evidence bulletin 3: on the review ‘Reminder packaging for improving adherence to self-administered long term medications’.
- Evidence bulletin 4: on the review ‘Interventions for providers to promote a patient-centred approach in clinical consultations.’
- Evidence bulletin 5: on the review ‘Interventions for enhancing medication adherence.’
- Evidence bulletin 6: on the review 'Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines and patient information material.'
- Evidence bulletin 7: on the review 'Personalised risk communication for informed decision making about entering screening programs.'
- Evidence bulletin 8: on the review 'Interventions for improving older patients' involvement in primary care episodes.'
Resource Bulletins
- Resource bulletin 1: outlines the availability of summaries of high-quality evidence on arthritis treatments and the launch of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group Satellite in Australia.
- Resource bulletin 2: describes the work of the Cochrane Consumers and Communciation Review Group, in developing a conceptual framework to help to organise interventions that affect people’s interactions with health care, and relevant outcomes.
- Resource bulletin 3: outlines some of the resources available to help to support consumers during their experiences of illness and care, and to involve consumers in research within the Cochrane Collaboration.
- Resource bulletin 4: outlines the launch of the ‘Resource Bank for Communication and Involvement in Health.’
- Resource bulletin 5: outlines a selection of the activities carried out in conjunction with various AMQuIP projects over the first half of 2006, and the outcomes of these activities.
- Resource bulletin 6: outlines the availability of summaries of high-quality evidence on arthritis treatments available on the Arthritis Victoria website, and the availability of new resources for searching on the Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group website.
- Resource bulletin 7: discusses the
health literacy workshop hosted by the Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group (February 2007); decision aids; othe resources for health literacy.
- Resource bulletin 8: contains information about resources of general interest to AMQuIP projects about:
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Information design and content: what patients value and find useful,
- Building a model of the way consumers actively seek advice online.
- Resource bulletin 9:
contains information of general relevance to AMQuIP projecs including:
- Ways of encouraging patient-centred communication across culture, language and health literacy levels (a US report);
- A defining document for patient-centred principles in healthcare (a Declaration from International Alliance of Patient Organisations, IAPO).
Presentations and Posters
Presentation to Department of Health and Ageing, November 2008
Posters, Freiburg Colloquium, October 2008
'What to do when the evidence tells you something you don't want to know', Seminar, Melbourne, 28 March 2008
CADTH Symposium 2007
Articles and Reports
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