South Western Sydney Area Health Service Chronic Disease Self Management Demonstration Project: Follow Up Study
Project Status
Completed
Project Coordinator
Mark Harris
Chief Investigators
Mark Harris, Nicholas Zwar
Other Team Members
Anna Williams, Gawaine Powell Davies, Shane Pascoe, Daffurn K
Rationale
Between 2002 and July 2004 the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (AGDHA) funded twelve demonstration CDSM projects. A consortium including representatives from local Divisions of General Practice, services within the South Western Sydney Area Health Service and the University of New South Wales developed and implemented the SWSAHS CDSM Demonstration Project. The UNSW Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity was commissioned by the newly formed Sydney South West Area Health Service in November 2006 to undertake a follow up study of the local CDSM project.
Aim
The main objective was to assess the views of clinicians on the integration of CDSM into routine clinical activities and identify issues for sustainability.
Design and Method
The methods were qualitative using semi-structured face to face interviews and focus groups with community health clinicians and who were involved in the CDSM Project. A total of six face to face semi structured interviews and two focus groups were undertaken. Audio-tapes from both the focus groups and interviews were transcribed and a thematic analysis was undertaken.
Key Publications
Williams A, Harris MF, Zwar N, Powell Davies G, Pascoe S, Daffurn K. Chronic Disease Self Management Project Follow Up Study Report. South Western Sydney Area Health Service Chronic Disease Self Management Demonstration Project Sharing Health Care Program. UNSW Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, February 2007. Click here to download the report.
Williams A, Harris MF, Daffurn K, Powell Davies G, Pascoe S, Zwar N. Sustaining Chronic Disease Management in Primary Care: Lessons from a Demonstration Project. Australian Journal of Primary Health. (Submitted February 2007).
