Self management
Long-term condition management
In policy terms self-management has been viewed as being of strategic relevance to the development of effective chronic disease management within and outside of health services. In the UK it has been linked to policies aimed at developing effective chronic disease management and the agenda of public and patients in health care. Our research is focussed on the way in which initiatives about self-management can be implemented in a way which takes account of and benefits from research about how people respond to being diagnosed with a long-term condition. Our research includes a focus on eliciting the needs of professionals working in primary care with the ‘work’ that people undertake for themselves in their everyday lives. We address how resources, social position, networks, relationships and illness work undertaken in domestic settings connect to accessing resources in local communities and health services to support living with long term condition management
Our research work is undertaken in a large multi-disciplinary team undertaking a range of health Services Research and community studies, reviews, clinical trials, qualitative research into patient and health workers experiences.
Our aims
Our aims are to:
- develop, implement and evaluate self-management strategies and resources
- study what the health service and professionals do to promote and respond to incorporate self-management in the delivery of care
- explore people’s patterns and styles of managing health and illness both within and outside the health service
- develop and trial innovative ways to support professional training and people to self care
- analyse policy and social trends in the area of long term condition management
Key publications
- Kennedy A; Chew-Graham CA; Blakeman T; Bowen A; Gardner C; Protheroe J; Rogers A; Gask L;
Delivering the WISE (Whole Systems Informing Self-Management Engagement) training package in primary care: a case study
Implementation Science 2010; 5 7. - Kennedy A, Reeves D, Bower P, Lee V, Middleton E, Richardson G, Gardner C, Gately C, Rogers A. 2007.
The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a national lay led self care support programme for patients with long-term conditions: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 61:254-61. - Kennedy, A ; Rogers, A ; Bower, P
Support for self care for patients with chronic disease
British Medical Journal, 335 (7627): 968-970 Nov 10 2007.
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