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.




 
   

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