Community advisory committee guidelines: Victorian public health services - Updated May 2006

Introduction

The revised community advisory committee guidelines for Victorian public health services are provided to assist public health services to develop effective community advisory committees that can advise on consumer, carer and community participation at all levels of the public health service.

In 2000, in response to changes to the Health Services Act 1988, community advisory committees were established in Victorian metropolitan health services. The first set of guidelines for community advisory committees was developed with the assistance of the Health Issues Centre and Corrs Chambers Westgarth. The Health Issues Centre at the request of the Department of Human Services has now revised these guidelines. They incorporate more than four years of experience working with community advisory committees, and they acknowledge the requirement for five rural regional public health services to establish community advisory committees from 1 July 2004. They also represent the outcome of a review of the relevant literature and a comprehensive consultation process with community advisory committee members, public health service executives and board members.

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