Looking after your health with a long-term condition: Perspectives from international students living in the ACT
Published: 2022 Local
This report shares the findings from community-centered research that investigates how international students undertaking tertiary education in the ACT look after their health when they have a long-term health condition. The report explores the everyday strategies that international students use to look after their health, and some of the difficulties…“I try not to see a doctor unless I really have to”: Perspectives of older Chinese migrants to the ACT about long-term conditions self-management
Published: 2022 Local
This report explores how Chinese migrants to the ACT, who are 55 or older, look after their health when they have one or more long-term condition. It reports on learning from in-depth semi-structured conversations with 21 participants, and shares the findings.Looking after your health with a long-term condition: Perspectives from Vietnamese seniors in the ACT
Published: 2022 Local
This report shares the findings from a research project that asks how Vietnamese-speaking seniors (aged 60 or over) in the ACT look after their health when they have one or more long-term health conditions. The report also explores some of the difficulties that people in this demographic may experience when…ACT Health: ACT Lymphoedema Services Background Paper and Implementation Plan 2015-2018
Published: 2015 Local
HCCA welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the ACT Lymphoedema Services Background Paper and Implementation Plan 2015 - 2018. In preparing for this submission we consulted with interested members and held a consumer focus group on 28 January 2015 with ACT Health.ACT Government: Inquiry into ACT Libraries
Published: 2018 Local
HCCA supports the important role of libraries within the ACT community. Libraries, especially physical branches, help to improve social connectedness, are a part of creating age-friendly cities and maintaining overall good health in our communities.Senate Inquiry into Chronic Disease
Published: 2015 National
HCCA made this submission to the Senate's Standing Committee on Health on Chronic Disease Prevention and Management in Primary Health Care. HCCA sees an enhanced focus on primary health care within the community as cost effective and a way to reduce spending in tertiary care. Primary health care, health promotion…ACT Health: Discussion Paper for the Development of ACT’s Response to the National HIV, Sexually Transmissible Infection and Blood Borne Virus Strategies 2015-17
Published: 2015 Local
HCCA provided written feedback on the ACT Discussion Paper for the Development of ACT’s Response to the National HIV, Sexually Transmissible Infection and Blood Borne Virus Strategies 2015-2017.ACT Health: Draft ACT Health Multicultural Coordinating Framework
Published: 2014 Local
HCCA provided feedback on the draft ACT Health Multicultural Coordinating Framework to support better access to culturally appropriate health services for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community members in the ACT and surrounding region.Breathing Easier Project
Published: 2021
HCCA Project on Improving Care for People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)Looking After Your Health with a Long-Term Condition Survey Results
Published: 2020
These are the survey results from the Looking After Your Health with a Long-Term Condition project.