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About
The Prostate Health Improvement Program (Mr PHIP)
What is Mr PHIP?
Mr PHIP is a prostate health education program for men and their families
attending the Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia.
It was funded by the South Australian Department of Human Services, for
the period 1996-99, and included the production of prostate cancer education
materials, and a prostate cancer advisory service. Because of a strong
demand, these services have been made available much more broadly and
the information materials have been published on this World Wide Web site.
Mr PHIP educational materials
The Mr PHIP kit of educational materials was conceived when our consumer
reference group asked for information which was delivered 'at the right
time, in the right amount', ie information which was relevant to them
at the time, and which was not overwhelming. Our General Practitioner
(GP) reference group asked for resource materials which highlighted patient
information which was important at each stage of the disease. As a result,
the information kit provides information relevant to men at 5 different
stages, listed below, and a resource list for finding further information.
Information Sheets produced by Mr PHIP Project:
1. Prostate cancer: Should I be tested?
2. Prostate Cancer: Interpreting the PSA test
3. Prostate cancer: After the diagnosis
4. Prostate cancer: Recurrence after treatment
5. Prostate cancer: Hormonal therapy
6. Prostate cancer: Useful resources
Each sheet can be viewed on this site, or downloaded as a PDF file for
offline viewing or printing.
About the information sheets
The information sheets were developed by the Urology Unit at the Repatriation
General Hospital, in consultation with men who live with prostate cancer,
their families and friends. In addition other health professionals and
community agencies, notably the Cancer Council have contributed
in a major way to their production. We are grateful to all of these individuals
and organisations who have been so generous with their time and willingness
to assist.
The PHIP Team
The PHIP team includes Dr Alan Stapleton (Urologist), Mrs Sue Boxhall
(Nurse Adviser), Mrs Marg Southwell (Clinical Nurse Consultant, Urology),
Rev Barry Oakley (Consumer adviser), Dr Carole Pinnock (Project Coordinator),
Ms Allison Larg (Project Officer), Mrs Jane Frankham of the AntiCancer
Foundation, Mrs Jan Paterson of the Continence Foundation of Australia
and Ms Esther Tennant of the Royal District Nursing Society.
About this Web site
The development and maintenance of this Web site has been generously sponsored
by Abbott Australasia. This Web site was designed to deliver the Mr PHIP
materials online to allow a wider audience access to prostate cancer information
'at the right time, in the right amount'. Overall site design was by Rhys
Williams and Carole Pinnock, graphics and Web authoring by the Centre
for Multimedia Education and Technology (CMET) at Flinders University,
with project management provided by Michelle Evans of CMET. The website has been updated by NetSpot.
Further Information and Feedback.
For further information or feedback on the PHIP Project, the educational
materials or Web site:
email: MrPHIP@prostatehealth.org.au
or write to Sue Boxhall, Carole Pinnock, Marg Southwell or "MrPHIP", Division
of Surgery Repatriation General Hospital Daw Park, SA 5041 Australia
Note
The information provided in these information sheets and web pages
is not intended to take the place of medical advice. Information on prostate
disease is constantly being updated. We have made every effort to ensure
that information was current at the time of production, however your GP
or specialist may provide you with new or different information which
is more appropriate to your needs.
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