Co-creating Health was designed through extensive consultation, learning from international best practice and comprehensive reviews of the available literature. Highlighted here are links to some key documents and further reading (those with an * are journal articles that require a fee to download).
- Bodenheimer T, Lorig K, Holman H, & Grumbach K (2002) Patient Self-management of Chronic Disease in Primary Care. Jama, 288(19), 2469–2475.*
- Bodenheimer T et al (2005) Helping Patients Manage Their Chronic Conditions. California Health Care Foundation.
- Boyle D, Clark S & Burns S (27 June 2006) Hidden work: Co-production by people outside paid employment. Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Brownson CA et al (July 2007) A Quality Improvement Tool to Assess Self-Management Support in Primary Care. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 33:7
- Coulter A and Ellins J (2005) How engaged are people in their healthcare? The Health Foundation.
- Coulter A and Ellins J (2006) Patient-focused Interventions: A review of the Evidence. The Health Foundation.
- Department of Health (December 2006) Care Planning in Diabetes: Report from the joint Department of Health and Diabetes UK Care Planning Working Group. (Gateway ref: 7276)
- Department of Health (2006) Supporting People with Long-term Conditions to Self Care: A guide to developing local strategies and good practice. Gateway ref: 5411
- Department of Health (July 2007) Self Care Support: The evidence pack – summary of work in progress 2005-07. (Gateway ref; 8534).
- Glasgow R E, Davis CL, Funnell MM, Beck A (2003) Implementing Practical Interventions to Support Chronic Illness Self-management. Jt Comm J Qual Saf, 29(11), 563–574.
- Greenfield S, Kaplan S, Ware J E Jr (1985) Expanding patient involvement in care. Effects on patient outcomes. Ann Intern Med, 102(4), 520-528.*
- Heisler M (2006) Building Peer Support Programmes to Manage Disease: Seven Models for Success. California Health Care Foundation.
- Hibbard JH, Tusler M. Assessing Activation Stage and Employing a ‘Next Steps’ Approach to Supporting Patient Self-Management.*
- Osborne R et al (2007) Does Self-Management Lead to Sustainable Health Benefits in People with Arthritis?*
- Rowett D, Simmons S, Cafarella P, Frith P (2005) Informed Partnerships for Effective Self-Management of Chronic and Complex Lung Diseases.
- Tomkins S, Collins A (2006) Promoting Optimal Self Care. Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority.
- Wagner EH (1998) Chronic disease management: What will it take to improve care for chronic illness? Effective Clinical Practice, 1(1):2-4.*
- Wagner EH, Austin BT, Davis C, et al (2001) Improving chronic illness care: translating evidence into action Health Aff (Millwood). 64-78.*
Useful websites
Improving Chronic Illness Care is an improvement programme launched in 1998 with the Wagner Chronic Care Model at its conceptual core, now effectively spread across the US. This website provides a vast array of research and practical quality improvement tools.
www.hsmc.bham.ac.uk/LTCnetwork/LTCNetwork.htm
The Health Services Management Centre at Birmingham University has a Long-term Conditions Network. Many of the excellent presentations given to its meetings are relevant to Co-creating Health’s vision and are available on this website.
New Health Partnerships is a quality improvement programme with 20 sites across the US working to embed self-management support into their health services. The site has useful comprehensive resource lists and links sections.
www.chcf.org/topics/chronicdisease/index.cfm?itemID=124673
Video with Techniques for Effective Patient Self-Management – The California Health Foundation has produced a 30-minute training video designed for clinicians, which outlines the strategies and tools of self-management support.