Section 5 Introduction: Resources for Consumer Empowerment

Abstract

People who wish to systematically work in the area of chronic disease self-management will find the two resources in this section of great value. The first, by Hill and Stoelwinder, discusses an approach to evidence-based practice developed by the Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group, to identify areas where communication interventions produce benefits for consumers. The second paper in this section (Aroni et al.) is a ?beginner?s bibliography? prepared for people who are interested in working on issues of self-management. The bibliography will be of interest to practitioners, consumers, and researchers.