ACCAQ
 

Membership Kit

On joining ACCAQ, members will receive an extensive kit of literature which includes the following:

  • Booklets
    • Surgery & IBD
    • Drugs & IBD
    • Nutrition & diet & IBD
    • Food & IBD
    • Glossary of terms (unavailable; to be revised)
    • Fertility/Pregnancy (unavailable; to be revised)

  • Leaflets
    • Questions & answers about complications in IBD
    • Questions & answers about emotional factors in IBD
    • Questions & answers about diet & nutrition in IBD
    • CD & UC - A guide for children & teenagers - provided only where relevant
    • CD & UC - A teacher's guide - provided only where relevant
    • Australian paediatric & adolescent IBD database project (APAID) - provided only where relevant
    • Nutrition & Crohn's disease: Ensure Plus - provided only to those diagnosed with Crohn's
    • Nutrition in Crohn's disease: Modulen IBD - provided only to those diagnosed with Crohn's
    • Consumer Health Rights
    • VSL#3: A high potency probiotic

  • Information sheets/items
    • Covering letter & details of membership
    • Services provided by ACCAQ
    • Picture/guide of the Gastrointestinal Tract
    • Problem solving & taking control
    • When to call doctor
    • What is a barium meal/barium enema/colonoscopy/endoscopy
    • Library list & conditions for borrowing
    • Superannuation & Insurance Advice Service
    • Fridge magnet detailing the ACCAQ freecall helpline number
    • The most recent quarterly newsletter
    • Booklist of publications for purchase
    • A research project information sheet & registration form: 'Looking at the causes of IBD'
    • Booklet information & order form: 'Endoscopy' (patient information) & 'The Good Bowel Habit - Pelvic Floor Function and the Bowel - managing constipation and incontinence
    • ACCA National Magazine
Other information may be added from time to time and includes details of meetings and other ACCAQ activities, research projects and clinical trials.

Membership can be applied for by downloading and completing the application form and sending it to ACCAQ Inc. at PO Box 497, Buddina Qld 4575, Australia.


 
   

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