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Supporting people to self-manage their health is a key intervention strategy.
Individuals who are vulnerable, those at risk of developing a chronic disease, those who have been recently diagnosed with a chronic disease, and those managing a long-term chronic disease — all need to know how to manage their own condition.
To support people to self-manage, the health professional must develop and maintain skills that include the ability to:
Self-management occurs when people engage in activities and practices that sustain and promote their own health and wellbeing by:
Queensland Health, (in consultation with the Queensland Self-Management Alliance) has developed the Queensland Strategy for Chronic Disease 2005–2015: Framework for Self-Management 2008–2015 (PDF 593 kB) to help guide the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of current and future self-management approaches for people with, or at risk of, developing chronic disease.
The strategy is designed to inform and guide service providers, peak bodies, organisations and policy-makers about integrating a self-management approach into current and future service delivery.
A self-management approach to chronic disease can involve a number of different health service providers. These specialists work with individuals, families and carers to provide support that spans various settings, services and time frames.
Self-management has three core principles
Self-management has four enabling principles
To enable health professionals to support people to manage their own health, services need to be integrated and coordinated, and include:
The Queensland Self-Management Alliance provides information about self-management and self-management resources for health professionals.
Queensland Government
Other
Queensland Government
Other
Community organisations
Research and data are also required for specific health issues, including:
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