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Consumer Participation in Planning Health Promotion Programmes: A Case Study Using the Nominal Group Technique
Author(s) -
Twible Robyn L.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1992.tb01741.x
Subject(s) - health promotion , enthusiasm , promotion (chess) , nominal group , plan (archaeology) , public relations , qualitative research , foundation (evidence) , psychology , marketing , nursing , medicine , medical education , business , political science , sociology , public health , social psychology , social science , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , politics , law , history
Current health policy in Australia requires consumer involvement in planning health promotion programmes. The literature highlights the need to involve the elderly in planning health promotion programmes. It is only by understanding their concerns, attitudes, beliefs and values that appropriate strategies can be developed. This paper describes how the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) was used to plan a health promotion programme's content and strategies for a Veterans' Quality of Life Project. The NGT group meetings yielded a wealth of easily collected, rank ordered, qualitative data from over 400 consumers. Additionally, consumer responses revealed issues not raised in the literature and, provided the foundation for continued participation and enthusiasm in subsequent health promotion activities. NGT proved to be an effective and efficient way to involve elderly consumers in planning health promotion programmes.