Breathe easy, walk easy training program

• Reach:

  National

• Focus area:

  Mainstream with Indigenous content

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Breathe easy, walk easy training program has been designed for rural and remote health professionals who have patients with chronic lung disease. The program is delivered by experts in the area of pulmonary rehabilitation. The training runs over one and a half days and includes:

• pulmonary rehabilitation covering patient assessment, diagnosis, management and maintenance
• networking and assistance for the development of local programs

A training manual and resource kit is provided to all training participants together with ongoing access to resources available through The Australian Lung Foundation special access web page on their website.

Contacts

Eileen Boyle
Manager rural and remote lung health
Email: eileen@lungfoundation.com.au

Related publications

Johnston CL, Boyle E, Maxwell LJ, Maguire GP, Alison JA (2012)

Improving chronic lung disease management in rural and remote Australia: the Breathe Easy Walk Easy program.

Respirology; 18(1): 161–169

• Links
• View abstract: Improving chronic lung disease management in rural and remote Australia: the Breathe Easy Walk Easy program
• View article: Improving chronic lung disease management in rural and remote Australia: the Breathe Easy Walk Easy program (PDF - 256.5 KB)
• View website: Respirology

Boyle E, Alison J, Maguire G, Johnston C (2011)

Breathe easy, walk easy.

Paper presented at the Aboriginal Health Conference: strong now, stronger future – changing in the right direction. 2-3 July 2011, Perth

• Links
• View conference presentation: Breathe easy, walk easy (PDF - 1.1 MB)
• View information: Aboriginal Health Conference: strong now, stronger future – changing in the right direction
• View website: Rural Health West

Links

• View information: Breathe easy, walk easy
• View information: Breathe easy, walk easy training program
• View website: Australian Resource Centre for Healthcare Innovations
• View website: The Australian Lung Foundation