Publications

Resource List: Making the Most of Your Appointment

Published: 2022 Health Literacy/Patient Information

This resource list from our talk on Making the Most of Your Appointment has links tips and links to help you participate in medical appointments and keep good notes about your medical history.

Simple Medical Summary Template

Published: 2022 Health Literacy/Patient Information

You can use this Word template to write your own summary of your medical history. It is formatted to fit on a double sided A4 page.

Looking after your health with a long-term condition: Perspectives from international students living in the ACT

Published: 2022 Chronic Conditions Self-Management

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 Aged Care/Health of Older People Chronic Conditions Self-Management

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 Aged Care/Health of Older People Chronic Conditions Self-Management

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…

Submission to CHS Review of Spiritual Support Services

Published: 2022 Canberra Health Services

HCCA submission to the review of Spiritual Support Services Review at Canberra Health Services.

Resource List: Advance Care Planning for LGBTQIA+ People

Published: 2022 Advance Care Planning Health Literacy/Patient Information

This resource list includes some extra resources for LGBTQIA+ people to support their Advance Care Planning.

A Guide for Consumers: Partnering with Health Organisations in the ACT

Published: 2022 Consumer Representation

A Guide for Consumers: Partnering with Health Organisations in the ACT is for people who are motivated to advocate for positive change in the ACT’s health system, drawing on their own personal experience and knowledge.

HCCA Response to ACT Budget 2022-23

Published: 2022 Budget Consultations

The 2022-23 ACT Budget was released on Tuesday 2 August 2022 by Andrew Barr MLA, Chief Minister and Treasurer of the ACT. The Budget papers can be found here: https://www.treasury.act.gov.au/budget/budget-2022-23 HCCA made a pre-budget submission to the Government, also available on our website, highlighting a range of potential investments in…

Dying to Know Day 2022 Resource Sheet

Published: 2022 Advance Care Planning Aged Care/Health of Older People Health Literacy/Patient Information

Each year, HCCA shares a list of useful resources about death and dying for Dying to Know Day. This list is up-to-date as of August 1, 2022.