Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
Acta Oncol. 2010;49(2):144-52. doi: 10.3109/02841860903418532.
Health decisions involve sharing information and making choices-even if the choice is to leave the decision to others. The way that information is delivered and understood by consumers across their cancer journey in turn influences the health decisions they take. A public health approach to the cancer journey considers the information needs of individuals and the structures and systems that facilitate the provision of credible and timely information. This paper examines emerging research that takes a public health approach to promote information-sharing and health decisions, identifies information-sharing mechanisms used by providers to facilitate shared decisions and evaluates decision support processes designed to improve information-sharing and self-care events. Evidence is presented to guide future research directions.
健康决策涉及信息共享和选择，即使选择是将决策留给他人。消费者在癌症治疗过程中接收和理解信息的方式反过来也会影响他们做出的健康决策。从公共卫生角度出发考虑癌症治疗过程中的个体信息需求以及提供可信和及时信息的结构和系统。本文研究了采用公共卫生方法促进信息共享和健康决策的新兴研究，确定了提供者用来促进共同决策的信息共享机制，并评估了旨在改善信息共享和自我护理事件的决策支持流程。提供了证据以指导未来的研究方向。
