Section II goes here

Click on individual ô Headings to display information for that topic, or click here to Open or Close all headings.

A key direction in the National Chronic Disease Strategy is to tailor self-management support to the needs of target population groups, particularly Indigenous peoples, the socio-economically disadvantaged, and young people.

The case studies in Section Three of this guide reported a range of CDSM support models developed to suit particular needs and contexts. The findings, barriers or facilitators relevant to a particular case study were included as ‘Lessons’ in those case studies.

While some of the lessons were specific to a particular case study, other more general learnings emerged.

CDSM support can improve health outcomes.
There is not a ‘one size fits all’ CDSM support strategy, course or tool. Clients vary in their skills, knowledge, and willingness to change. Health care providers have different funding sources and roles. There is a need to localise interventions, ensuring that they are suitable for particular communities and particular individuals.
A range of service providers must be involved in self-management support. No one organisation or sector can provide the range of medical, behavioural and socio-economic support required by clients at the various stages of the chronic disease continuum.
The nature of the health care provider/client relationship impacts on the effectiveness of self-management support. Health care providers need to work with, rather than on, clients. The health care provider brings health care expertise to the relationship, and the client brings expertise about their life circumstances.
Improving self-management support will require more effective translation of research into practice. Research teams and service providers need to collaborate so that the topics researched and the methodologies used, promote more timely translation of findings into practice.

This section of the guide -

examines these general learnings in more detail
makes suggestions about ways to improve self-management support

Click on the links in the section below to read more about these individual lessons.

Notes:

Lessons will open in a separate Window.
Lessons require the Adobe Acrobat Reader™ or an equivalent program. If you do not have Acrobat Reader then click here — Adobe Acrobat Reader
FoxIt Reader™ from Foxit Software is an alternative to Acrobat Reader.

CDSM Learnings