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CRCAH project No: CD218
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Administering Organisation:
Flinders
University
Program Manager:
Arwen Pratt
Chronic
Conditions program
Project Leaders:
Inge Kowanko, Peter
Harvey, Malcolm Battersby
Contact:
Inge.Kowanko@flinders.edu.au
Partners Involved:
- Flinders University
- Aboriginal Health Council of SA (AHCSA)
- Three Aboriginal health services (currently being
negotiated)
- CRC for Aboriginal Health
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Project
Summary
This project
started in January 2008. It is a participatory, action-oriented
project that builds on previous research around management of
chronic conditions in primary health care and community settings.
The methodology is based on collaboration, flexibility, respect,
meeting needs and participation. It will explore how and why
Aboriginal health services currently manage chronic conditions in
their client populations, introduce enhanced CCM (Chronic
Conditions Management) strategies that are known to be feasible
from previous work, support those CCM strategies with appropriate
training, and evaluate their clinical effectiveness and
sustainability over time.
The
project employs mixed methods, both qualitative and quantitative,
including interviews, audits of service provision and costs,
repeated clinical measures and self-reports of wellbeing,
integrative analysis and reporting. The goal is to demonstrate
effective and sustainable CCM strategies to inform Aboriginal
health services and communities. It is hoped this will ultimately
lead to improvements in health status for participating
communities.
Summary of Projected
Outcomes
The overall
goal of the project is to develop and demonstrate sustainable and
effective chronic condition management (CCM) strategies for
Aboriginal communities. This research will explore the CCM
strategies that three participating services currently use, find
out what works well for them and why, and what systems and supports
are required. Then, according to their priorities and available
resources, participating Aboriginal health services will be offered
additional CCM strategies along with associated training for health
service providers and organizational change. The processes, impacts
and outcomes of these CCM ‘interventions’ will be
assessed using multiple methods including interviews with clients
and service providers, changes in health status (clinical measures
and self-report), audit of service provision and costs.
Timeline
The project
commenced in January 2008 and finishes in December 2010.
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