Lifescripts: Indigenous resources (2009)

Description

This resource kit focuses on the five lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease: smoking; poor nutrition; alcohol misuse; physical inactivity; and unhealthy weight. The kit contains evidence-based tools (based on research results) to enable general health practices to assist patients to modify and/or change their lifestyles. The resources include a:

• patient brochure
• healthy lifestyle action plan
  
• separate action plan for each of the five risk factors
  
• lifescripts flipchart

The resources use pictures to illustrate the key messages. Topics covered are:

• smoking
• healthy eating
  
• alcohol
• physical activity
• healthy weight

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

When to use this resource

A full range of Lifescripts resources have been produced specifically for use with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 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 health professionals address lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease with their clients.

The resources give health practitioners a way to discuss and create individual goals for their clients, and to organise support arrangements. It gives the practitioners information on:

• the risk factors
• the five practice steps to follow when working with clients (ask, assess, advise, assist and arrange)
• the 'stages of change' model that clients can work through (not ready to change, unsure, sure, keeping the change)

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Contact details

Department of Health and Ageing
GPO Box 9848
Canberra ACT 2601
Central Office telephone enquiries
Ph: (02) 6289 1555
Freecall: 1800 020 103
Email: enquiries@health.gov.au

Links

• View resource: Action plan – alcohol (PDF - 364.0 KB)
• View resource: Action plan – healthy eating (PDF - 304.0 KB)
• View resource: Action plan – healthy weight (PDF - 356.0 KB)
• View resource: Action plan – physical activity (PDF - 316.0 KB)
• View resource: Action plan – smoking (PDF - 360.0 KB)
• View resource: Lifescripts: advice for healthy living [flipchart] (PDF - 4.5 MB)
• View resource: My action plan for a healthy lifestyle [action plan] (PDF - 276.0 KB)
• View information: Lifescripts - patient brochure
• View information: Lifescripts: Indigenous resources
• View website: Department of Health and Ageing

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