Consumer Engagement
We are committed to enhancing our partnerships with consumers, carers, and families, and pursuing our responsibility to improve the experience of Australian cardiac rehabilitation.
Our Consumer Partners
In 2024, SOLVE-CHD significantly deepened its commitment to engaging people with lived experience of heart disease through strategic partnerships, impactful events, and collaborative education initiatives.
We proudly established formal partnerships with three leading consumer organisations: Heart Support Australia, Her Heart, and HeartBeat Victoria. These alliances mark a major milestone in ensuring that consumer voices remain central to all aspects of our work—from research and education to policy and practice.
Read Our Consumer Stories
At SOLVE-CHD, we are absolutely thrilled to have health consumers from diverse backgrounds involved in our research from the very early stage. Their contribution is essential to our research program.
Keith’s involvement in Research
“It’s very important to hear different voices and ideas for researchers, as patients provide thoughts from a totally different perspective.” An interview with Keith Soady, a SOLVE-CHD consumer advisor, about his journey in research.
Sue and Maolin’s Story
Maolin and Sue's Story About Maolin I came to Australia in 1995 as a migrant. My English skill is very limited. Normally I take my mobile phone with me and rely on the translation app to communicate with others. “...it’s extremely important to know about the early...
Darren’s Story
Darren's Story "One thing I that has stuck with me since I experienced a heart attack is Minutes/Time is muscle!" Darren and wife at their wedding, Oakover Grounds in the swan valley in WA "For anyone with heart problem, loss of time is equated to loss of heart...
CATCH and people with heart disease in South Australia
CATCH - Country Access To Cardiac Health Supporting people with heart diseases in South Australia We interviewed nurse consultant Gemma Wilson about the CATCH program which is a body of work dedicated to providing cardiac rehabilitation services across SA. Cardiac...
We would like to say a big ‘THANK YOU’ to all our consumers, for sharing your stories, and for your kindness to the community as a whole!
♥️ Together, we can achieve cardiovascular health for everyone! ♥️
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