To the Editor: The article by Jordan and Osborne1 highlights some of the key issues to be addressed if chronic disease self-management programs are going to be effectively incorporated into the Australian health care system, particularly in primary care.
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- 1 School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.
- 2 General Practice Unit, Fairfield Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
Correspondence: s.dennis@unsw.edu.au
- 1. Jordan JE, Osborne RH. Chronic disease self-management education programs: challenges ahead. Med J Aust 2007; 186: 84-87. <MJA full text>
- 2. National Health Priority Action Council. National Chronic Disease Strategy. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, 2006.
- 3. Kennedy A, Gately C, Rogers A; EPP Evaluation Team. National evaluation of Expert Patients Programme. Manchester, UK: National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, 2004. http://www.npcrdc.ac.uk/PublicationDetail.cfm?ID=105 (accessed May 2006).
- 4. Zwar N, Harris M, Griffiths R, et al. A systematic review of chronic disease management. Canberra: Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, 2006. http://www.anu.edu.au/aphcri/Domain/ChronicDiseaseMgmt/index.php (accessed Dec 2006).
- 5. Australian Department of Health and Ageing. Australian Better Health Initiative: promoting good health, prevention and early intervention. http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/feb2006coag03.htm (accessed Dec 2006).
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