Self-Management in Cancer Toolkit

This toolkit is a companion to Self-Management in Cancer: Quality Standards. It is meant to compound your knowledge of self-management and other related concepts. It is not an exhaustive list, but is a good place to start your research and familiarize yourself with available resources.

Articles & Guidelines

• A Practical Guide to Self-Management Support
• A vision for a health literate Canada: Report of the Expert Panel on Health Literacy
• Considerations for a new definition of health literacy
• Evidence Suggesting That a Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Can Improve Health Status While Reducing Hospitalization: A Randomized Trial (PDF)
• Health literacy: A prescription to end confusion
• Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
• Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change (PDF)
• Self-management education for patients with cancer: Evidence summary
• Self-Management: Enabling and empowering patients living with cancer as a chronic illness
• Supporting self-management: summarising evidence from systematic reviews (PDF)
• Strategies to support self-management in chronic conditions: Collaboration with clients (PDF)
• Ten Attributes of Health Literate Health Care Organizations: discussion paper (PDF)
• Why Does Patient Activation Matter? An Examination of the Relationships Between Patient Activation and Health-Related Outcomes

Programs & Courses

Patient Programs & Courses

• Online Chronic Disease Self-Management Program - Free courses for people across Ontario living with chronic conditions such as diabetes, chronic pain, high blood pressure, stroke, cancer, heart or kidney conditions.
• In-Person Regional Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs – Free courses offered within the 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs).

Healthcare Provider Programs & Courses

• Self-Management British Columbia – A list of strategies and techniques for healthcare providers.
• Self-Management in Cancer Care – An interactive online course by the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

Measurement Tools

• Generalized self-efficacy scale (PDF)
• Patient Activation Measure – Licensed product
• Patient Health Engagement Scale
• The Rapid Assessment of Adult Literacy in Medicine – Short Form (PDF)
• The Single Item Literacy Screen – Article

Contact

If you have questions or comments about this toolkit, contact the Patient Education Program.