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Consumer privacy information brochure & consumer consent form in community languages

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Consumer privacy information brochure

Health information is often particularly sensitive, therefore consumers need to be confident that their information will be handled appropriately and confidentially. This makes it critical that at the time of collecting information, the consumer is provided with information about their privacy. The consumer privacy information brochure "Your Information, It's Private" has been developed to assist in this process.

Service providers may use the brochure for information provision to consumers at the time of information collection. The provision of a consumer privacy information brochure can be recorded on the Consumer Information Form (part of the Service Coordination Tool Templates). However this is not a substitute for clear and open discussion at the time of collection. The brochure may need to be tailored to incorporate specific details of relevant services.

Consumer consent form

Health information is sensitive and consumers need to be confident that they have made an informed decision regarding the disclosure and sharing/release of their information. The Health Records Act 2001 places limits on when and how an organisation can share information. The essential principle is that a consumer's health information may only be used or disclosed for the purpose for which it was collected, or for purposes as authorised by law. It is critical, therefore that the consumer understands what they are consenting to and for what purpose, and that they can refuse to provide their consent without it impacting on the referral.

When using the 19 translated consent forms health practitioners need to ensure that appropriate practices are in place. This would include the use of interpreter services when deemed suitable.

The consumer consent form has been translated into 19 community languages and will be translated into further community languages at a later date.

Feedback for the consent form
We value your feedback as it will help to ensure that these consent forms remain useful.

If you have any comments please download and complete the form below.

The feedback form can be emailed to Craig Symes and/or faxed (61 3 9616 8277) to Craig Symes (see attached form below).

Microsoft word icon Consumer consent feedback form - English version (70kb, MS Word)

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Consumer privacy information brochure Consumer consent form
Adobe Acrobat icon Albanian - consumer privacy information brochure (41kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Amharic - consumer privacy information brochure (41kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Arabic - consumer privacy information brochure (51kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Arabic - consumer consent form (150kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Armenian - consumer privacy information brochure (154kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Bosnian - consumer privacy information brochure (32kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Cambodian - consumer privacy information brochure (41kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Chinese - consumer privacy information brochure (210kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Chinese simplified - consumer consent form (130kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Chinese traditional - consumer consent form (145kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Croatian - consumer privacy information brochure (33kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Croatian - consumer consent form (171kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Czech - consumer privacy information brochure (36kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Dutch - consumer privacy information brochure (38kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Dutch - consumer consent form (86kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon English - consumer privacy information brochure (25kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon English - Consumer consent form (36kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Filipino - consumer privacy information brochure (38kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Finnish - consumer privacy information brochure (38kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Finnish - consumer consent form (129kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon French - consumer privacy information brochure (41kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon French - consumer consent form (195kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon German - consumer privacy information brochure (42kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon German - consumer consent form (100kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Greek - consumer privacy information brochure (36kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Greek - consumer consent form (199kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Hindi - consumer privacy information brochure (34kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Hmong - consumer privacy information brochure (40kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Hungarian - consumer privacy information brochure (38kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Hungarian - consumer consent form (192kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Indonesian - consumer privacy information brochure (38kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Italian - consumer privacy information brochure (34kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Italian - consumer consent form (39kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Japanese - consumer privacy information brochure (79kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Kurdish - consumer privacy information brochure (39kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Laotian - consumer privacy information brochure (185kb, pdf)  
  Adobe Acrobat icon Latvian - consumer consent form (171kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Macedonian - consumer privacy information brochure (142kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Macedonian - consumer consent form (185kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Maltese - consumer privacy information brochure (34kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Maltese - consumer consent form (179kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Pashtu - consumer privacy information brochure (124kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Persian - consumer privacy information brochure (116kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Polish - consumer privacy information brochure (33kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Polish - consumer consent form (134kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Punjabi - consumer privacy information brochure (31kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Romanian - consumer privacy information brochure (337kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Russian - consumer privacy information brochure ( 37kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Samoan - consumer privacy information brochure (37kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Serbian - consumer privacy information brochure (136kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Serbian - consumer consent form (208kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Sinhalese - consumer privacy information brochure (200kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Somali - consumer privacy information brochure (32kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Spanish - consumer privacy information brochure (32kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Spanish - consumer consent form (181kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Tamil - consumer privacy information brochure (175kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Thai - consumer privacy information brochure (154kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Tigrigna - consumer privacy information brochure (40kb, pdf)  
Adobe Acrobat icon Turkish - consumer privacy information brochure (34kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Turkish - consumer consent form (285kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Ukrainian - consumer privacy information brochure (39kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Ukrainian - consumer consent form (284kb, pdf)
Adobe Acrobat icon Vietnamese - consumer privacy information brochure (34kb, pdf) Adobe Acrobat icon Vietnamese - consumer consent form (144kb, pdf)

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Last updated: 13 July, 2009
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