Client Education: A Partnership Approach for Health Practitioners

Provides an overview of the theory and practice of client education and highlights its critical role in all areas of health care. Fundamental to it is its adoption of a client-centred, partnership approach to client education, whereby clients are encouraged to participate in their health care and where such an approach ensures that relevant, timely and tailored education is provided to meet client needs and abilities.

The editors discuss the theory and techniques of client education as well as the evidence for its effectiveness in terms of a number of client outcomes, before going on to apply those techniques, looking at specific client populations and providing practical ideas and advice about how education can be appropriately designed for and delivered to them. Throughout, they illuminate the text with practical examples, by way of case descriptions and details of the design and delivery of specific educational interventions, and include concise lists, summaries and key points. Also featured is a valuable description of two clients' perspectives on the client education process.

• Client Education: An Overview
  Kryss McKenna and Leigh Tooth
• In Their Own Words: Two Clients' Perspectives on the Client Education Process
  Francis L. Vicary and Kryss McKenna
• The Effectiveness of Client Education: A Review of the Evidence and Future Challenges
  Leigh Tooth, and Kathryn M. Refshauge
• The Adult Learner in Client-Practitioner Partnerships
  Peggy Neufeld
• Children and Families: Partners in Education
  Sylvia Rodger
• Planning Educational Interventions
  Kryss McKenna and Leigh Tooth
• Deciding the Content and Format of Educational Interventions
  Kryss McKenna and Leigh Tooth
• Evaluation of Client Education
  Tammy Hoffmann and Kryss McKenna
• Educating Older Clients
  Kryss McKenna and Jacki Liddle
• Educating Clients with Speech and Language Impairments
  Linda Worrall, Tamie Howe, and Tanya Rose
• Educational Partnerships with Clients who have Hearing Impairment
  Louise Hickson
• Educational Partnerships with Clients who have Cognitive Impairment
  Jennifer Fleming and Tamara Ownsworth
• Partnering Clients with Psychiatric Disorders Towards Empowerment and Recovery
  Chris Lloyd, Samson Tse, and Kryss McKenna
• When Clients are from Diverse Linguistic and Cultural Backgrounds, Samson Tse
  Chris Lloyd, and Kryss McKenna
• Client Education Issues in Rural and Remote Settings
  Rod Cooper and Leanne J. Brown