Posts tagged behaviour change
Racial Justice: Local action is key 
Racial Justice: Local action is key 

Marcella Brassett from Democracy in Colour argues the national anti-racism strategy cannot be just another tick-a-box, saying “Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) have done our bit for diversity and inclusion ‘way out’ for white people with power. We need to act on every level to make Australia a safe place to live, work, build families and futures for everyone, not just Anglos.”

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Advocacy, Creating using evidence, Issues, Lived experience, Politics, Policy and governancePower to Persuaderacism, behaviour change, civil society, diversity, Equity, first nations, social justice, Lived/consumer experience, Law, migrants, migration, multiculturalism, social inequalities
It’s a patient’s right to be involved in decisions about their healthcare – so why aren’t we doing it enough?
It’s a patient’s right to be involved in decisions about their healthcare – so why aren’t we doing it enough?

We expect to be included in decisions about our care, yet one in three patients report not being included as much as they would like. Health services are working to include patients in decisions through Shared Decision Making (SDM) but lack robust research evidence to support implementation in hospitals. In today’s analysis Alexandra Waddell (@WADDELLAL) of Monash University (@BehaviourWorksAustralia) shares a summary of her recently-published paper, co-authored with Alyse Lennox (@alyselennox), Gerri Spassova, and Peter Bragge (@BraggePeter). It is the first publication to explore insights into barriers and facilitators to SDM faced by patients and clinicians, specifically in hospital environments. It also goes beyond past research to include other crucial stakeholders such as health service decision-makers and administrators, and government policymakers.

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Policy and governancePower to Persuadepublic health, health, behaviour change, public policy