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The Lifescripts project is a national approach to healthier lifestyles that addresses the risk factors for chronic disease. A set of resources was created for use in general practice, to encourage promotion of lifestyle change in consultations with patients.
In 2007, the Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health worked with the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing to produce an adapted form of the mainstream Lifescripts, for use with Indigenous Australian clients. The final set of resources were completed in December 2007.
The full range of Lifescripts resources have been produced specifically for use with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. The resources can be used by Aboriginal Health Workers, general practitioners and practice nurses within general practice or in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care settings. The resources have been developed to assist the health professional address lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease with their clients. Topics addressed are:
The resource kit contains evidence-based tools that enable general practice to assist patients to modify their lifestyles. The resources include:
Abstract adapted from Department of Health and Ageing
Department of Health and Ageing
Woden Town Centre
Woden ACT 2605
GPO Box 9848
Canberra ACT 2601
Ph: (02) 6289 1555
Freecall: 1800 020 103
All general email enquiries can be sent to:
Email: enquiries@health.gov.au
Lifescripts is a set of resources to assist GPs and health workers to provide advice to patients on how to manage the lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease. These risk factors include: smoking; poor nutrition; alcohol misuse; physical inactivity and unhealthy weight.
Specific Medicare items are available for GPs to provide voluntary health checks (or health assessments) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The aim of these Medicare items it to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people receive primary health care matched to their needs.
This DVD explores the set of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medicare health checks available for Indigenous children, adults and older people and the Lifescripts tools that support them.
The DVD includes three case studies which illustrate the successful use and implementation of these health checks and Lifescripts into health services.
This program can be viewed online or downloaded as a podcast from the Rural Health Education Foundation website.
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