Public and Patient Involvement in Health Care

Question 1

What is user involvement?

Answer 1

• making decisions about own healthcare
• commissioning and designing services
• teaching professionals and developing learning materials
• staff recruitment
• evaluating services
• gonvernence

Question 2

Patients can play a distinct role in their healthcare by:

Answer 2

• understanding the causes of disease and the factors that influence their health
• self-diagnosing and treating minor self-limiting conditions
• selecting the most appropriate treatment for acute conditions, in partnership with HCPs
• managing traeatments and taking medications
• mentoring symptoms and the effects of treatment
• being aware of safety issues and reporting them
• learning to manage the symptoms of chronic disease
• adopting health behaviour, to prevent the occurrence or recurrence of diseases

Question 3

Health literacy is…

Answer 3

the ability to make sound health decisions in the context of everyday life - at home, in the workplace, in the community, health care suite
- functional, interactive and critical skills

Question 4

What are the 3 key objectives of health literacy interventions around the world?

Answer 4

• provide information and education
• encourage appropriate and effective use of health resources
• to tackle health inequalities

Question 5

The goal of self-management support is to enable patents to perform what three sets of tasks?

Answer 5

1. managing their illness medically e.g. taking medication, adhering to a special diet
2. carrying out normal role and activities
3. managing the emotional effect of their illness

Question 6

What is self efficacy (Bandura)?

Answer 6

an individuals belief in their capacity to learn and perform a specific behaviour
- confidence and ability is key to empowerment and motivation

Question 7

To foster a culture of partnership between HCPs and patients, professional need to develop a specific set of skills and attributes. These are:

Answer 7

• an understanding of the patient perspective
• ability to guide patient to sources of info on health and healthcare
• ability to education them about protecting their health and preventing illness
• ability to elect and take into account a patients preference
• communicate information on risk
• share treatment decisions
• provide support for selfcare and self management
• work in MDTs
• use new technology to assist patients in booming more engaged in tie health
• mange time effectively