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    Community health-care planning in Western Australian Country Health Service-South West: An evaluation of patient views

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    Authors
    Hunt, E.
    Moore, J.
    Sherriff, Jillian
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Hunt, Emily and Moore, Jo-Anne and Sherriff, Jill. 2012. Community health-care planning in Western Australian Country Health Service-South West: An evaluation of patient views. Nutrition and Dietetics. 69: pp. 26-31.
    Source Title
    Nutrition and Dietetics
    DOI
    10.1111/j.1747-0080.2011.01571.x
    ISSN
    1747-0080
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47068
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Aims: To investigate community health patients' impressions of care planning and their relationship with allied health professionals in a rural town in Western Australia. Methods: Focus groups were conducted followed by a survey to identify patients' opinions on care planning and their relationships with health professionals. Results: Focus groups and a survey identified that patients generally had positive attitudes towards their experiences with community-based allied health professionals. Participants identified some of the attributes that they valued in allied health professionals. Many participants (39%) believed that they had a partnership with the health professional and also valued having a shared decision-making power with the health professional (46%); however, 17% identified that they would prefer the health professional to assume more of the decision-making power. Conclusions: More work is needed to create a health culture in which patients want to manage their own health and can develop a relationship with their health professional that allows them to achieve this.

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