In their much-cited paper, "Can patient self-management help explain the SES health gradient?"Goldman and Smith (2002) use samples of diabetic and HIV+ patients in the United States to conclude that disease self-management is an important explanation for the much-documented positive gradient in education and health outcomes. In this paper, I revisit their analysis and point to some fundamental ...

A central plank of health care reform is an expanded role for educated consumers interacting with responsive health care teams. However, for individuals to realize the benefits of health education also requires a high level of engagement. Population studies have documented a gap between expectations and the actual performance of behaviours related to participation in health care and prevention....

Correspondence: Robert John Adams The Health Observatory, The University of Adelaide, The Queen elizabeth Hospital Campus, woodville SA 5011, Australia Tel +618 82226740 Fax +618 82226042 email [email protected] Abstract: A central plank of health care reform is an expanded role for educated consumers interacting with responsive health care teams. However, for individuals to realize ...

conclusions based on our findings, it is crucial to implement well-designed educational programs to improve hypertension self-care behaviors. background an assessment of an individual’s hypertension self-care behavior may provide clinicians and practitioners with important information regarding how to better control hypertension. objectives the objective of this study was to investigate the sel...

BACKGROUND Self-management is crucial to diabetes care and providing expert-vetted content for answering patients' questions is crucial in facilitating patient self-management. OBJECTIVE The aim is to investigate the use of information retrieval techniques in recommending patient education materials for diabetic questions of patients. METHODS We compared two retrieval algorithms, one based ...

Background and Aim: Mobile-based programs have been developed as tools to help both patients and physicians in various fields especially in dermatology. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to review the features and contents of dermatology applications. Materials and Methods: The methodology was comparative and descriptive. Applications in the field of dermatology were evaluated an...

OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of self-management support interventions in men with long-term conditions. METHODS A quantitative systematic review with meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews was searched to identify published reviews of self-management support interventions. Relevant reviews were screened to identify randomised controlled trials (RCT...

Self-management is an important element especially for people who live with chronic conditions or personality issues, for example, low self-esteem. Self management is the kind of support and skill that assists the people with chronic conditions to understand their conditions and become more concerned about the management of their health and well-being (McConnell, 2011 p.3). The objective of edu...