Meaningful engagement and tailored approaches
Our staff are highly experienced in assisting clients to meaningfully engage with their stakeholders to identify, clarify and debate issues of importance.
We tailor our approaches depending on the availability of stakeholders, the nature of questions that need to be answered and consultation timeframes.
HealthSense specialises in eDelphi process, in-depth interviews, focus groups (face-to-face and virtual), surveys and facilitated workshops/forums.
How can we help?
We provide clients with an independent, professional consultation service that respectfully engages stakeholders to obtain their views and preferences on a range of topics.
Examples of previous consultations include:
- Developing consensus on clinical care and health messages for women with rheumatoid arthritis concerning pregnancy, breastfeeding and early parenting.
- Information needs for women with rheumatoid arthritis concerning pregnancy, post-natal care and early parenting
- Young people’s experiences of persistent musculoskeletal pain and care gaps
- Gaining consensus for good practice guidelines for international work-integrated learning programs in Health Sciences
- Stakeholders perceptions of the NSW Research Hub Strategy
Examples of recent projects
- Project:Establishing cross-discipline consensus on contraception, pregnancy and breastfeeding-related educational messages and clinical practices to support women with rheumatoid arthritis
Client: Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Project: Understanding the information needs of women with rheumatoid arthritis concerning pregnancy, post-natal care and early parenting (2014)
Clients: University of Melbourne; Arthritis and Osteoporosis Victoria - Project: Painful transitions: Young people’s experiences of living with persistent pain, their interactions with health services and their needs and preferences for pain management including digital technologies (2015)
Clients: Curtin University; Arthritis and Osteoporosis Western Australia; Arthritis & Osteoporosis Victoria
Recent publications
- Briggs AM, Jordan JE, Ackerman IN, Van Doornum S. Establishing cross-discipline consensus on contraception, pregnancy and breastfeeding-related educational messages and clinical practices to support women with rheumatoid arthritis: An Australian Delphi study. BMJ Open 2016; Oct 5; 6(10) [Link]
- Ackerman IN, Jordan JE, Van Doornum S, Ricardo M, Briggs AM. Understanding the information needs of women with rheumatoid arthritis concerning pregnancy, post-natal care and early parenting: A mixed-methods study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2015;16:194. [Link]
- Slater H, Jordan JE, Chua J, Schütze R, Wark J, Briggs AM. Young people’s experiences of persistent musculoskeletal pain, needs, gaps and perceptions about the role of digital technologies to support their co-care: a qualitative study. BMJ Open 2016; 6 (12): e014007 [Link].
