Dimensions of consumer participation and national health legislation.

Community and consumer participation in health.

Fifteen area health services currently have formal structures for ongoing community participation. These structures are variously called health councils, health consumer networks, consumer and community health forums, and consultative committees. The role and activities undertaken vary and include local needs assessment, input to planning, and health promotion activities. The two area health se...

Challenges of Participation in Legislation in the Health Sector (Qualitative Study)

Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify the challenges of legislative participation in the health sector in Iran. Materials & Method: The present study was exploratory and qualitative in terms of implementation process. The method of data collection was semi-structured and purposeful interviews with the selected participants. Experts in the field of health law (with at least 10 yea...

Trends in Health Legislation: Local, State, and National *

"Legislation" has a federal connotation these days, and for a very good reason: while there are notable exceptions, the general trend in health legislation has been from a local to a state to a national level. With this trend, there has been a continuous expansion of governmental participation in health service programs. It may be profitable to discuss some of the social changes that have led u...

Mental health consumer and carer participation: why we bother.

A psychometric analysis of the Mental Health Consumer Participation Questionnaire.

If consumer participation is to be translated from rhetoric into reality, the attitudes of health professionals need to be addressed. Educational strategies can play an important role, but measures of attitudes are needed to determine the effectiveness of these strategies. This paper seeks to establish the Mental Health Consumer Participation Questionnaire (MHCPQ) on psychometric grounds, and e...