Principles of Health Advocacy

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HA 1.1.1

Socio-economic, organisation, geographical, psychological, and cultural factors that influence the likelihood of a patient accessing health care.

HA 1.1.2

Differences between equity and equality as it relates to health care.

HA 1.1.3

Factors that affect health literacy, and the impact of low health literacy on clinical outcomes, in particular compliance and delayed presentation to the ED.

HA 1.1.4

Rationale for screening, immunisation and contact tracing.

HA 1.1.5

Recognise the duty of the medical professional to act as a patient advocate, and the role of health advocacy in the practice of emergency medicine.

HA 1.1.6

Identify local resources available to address barriers to accessing health care.

HA 1.1.7

Deliver patient-centred care for adult patients.

HA 1.1.8

Deliver family/whānau-centred care for paediatric patients.

HA 1.1.9

Provide basic health promotion and immunisation when requested.

HA 1.2.1

Patient rights and consumer advocacy guidelines as they apply to emergency medicine, including the right to refuse or vary treatment plans.

HA 1.2.2

Utilise relevant allied health and patient support staff to address barriers to accessing health care.

HA 1.2.3

Identify the interaction between mental, physical and social well- being in relation to health.

HA 1.2.4

Opportunistically promote healthy lifestyle choices and provide simple health promotion messages to all patients.

HA 1.2.5

Contribute to the creation of management plans that include health promotion for all ED patients.

HA 1.3.1

Use of illness and injury data.

HA 1.3.2

Balance patient autonomy with best clinical practice.

HA 1.3.3

Advocate for the elimination of inequities for patients.

HA 1.3.4

Use consumer advocacy resources to advise patients on issues relating to emergency medicine.

HA 1.3.5

Proactively identify barriers to accessing health care with patients of any age and develop tailored strategies to address these.

HA 1.3.6

Create a management plan that addresses identified risk factors of disease.

HA 1.3.7

Systematically develop management plans that include health promotion.

HA 1.4.1

Exhibit health advocacy systematically when providing patient care.

HA 1.4.2

Advocate systematically for improved access to health care in the ED and the elimination of inequities for patients.

HA 1.4.3
HA 1.4.4

Respond actively to common public health initiatives that impact on emergency medicine, including pandemics and novel infectious diseases.

HA 1.4.5

Contribute to the creation of tailored management plans with a focus on complex patients with recurrent presentations.