WELCOME TO HEALTH ISSUES CENTRE

Eating tomatoes Welcome to the website of Health Issues Centre, an independent, not-for-profit organisation that has been promoting consumer perspectives in the Australian health system since 1985. This site contains a wealth of information for health consumers interested in influencing the health system, as well as for staff in health services and organisations, government department staff and researchers.

Health Issues Centre’s mission is to improve the health outcomes for Australians, especially those who are disadvantaged. It works with a wide range of consumers, health providers, researchers, governments and other health organisations to achieve this through:

policy analysis and advocacy from consumer and equity perspectives
consumer focused research
promoting and supporting consumer participation
disseminating information

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This Website contains:

a range of information about Health Issues Centre’s staff and Board
the services we provide (both free and on a fee-for-service-basis)
our current and recent work
our publications including the consumer-focussed Health Issues journal
a unique and world class source of information, resources and tools on consumer participation (also known as public, user or patient involvement)
a continually updated site for Victoria-specific resources, funded by the Victorian Department of Human Services

All sections of the site are fully searchable.

More information about Health Issues Centre can be found in About Us as well as our latest Annual Report and our Strategic Plan.

Hot Issues

Consumer Views on Health Priorities
The results of a small-scale consultation across four states around the future of health care in Australia have just been released by Health Issues Centre on behalf of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance. The main criteria identified by consumers for judging the health system were access, equity and a stronger focus on prevention. To read more…

How to find HIC

Quicklinks

Committed to Participation
A number of presentations from the one-day forum Health Issues Centre held on 20 May 2008 are now available with more to come. Go to our Community Advisory Committee page for more information.

Health Issues Journal Edition 94 is now available
This edition focuses on Women's Health. See journal page for further information.

eNews June 2008
This is Health Issues Centre's free monthly electronic bulletin of Health Issues Centre.
eNews June 2008

Consumer, Carer and Community Participation Resource
This resource is designed to give primary health agencies easy access to ideas and information related to consumer, carer and community participation.