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The Lifescripts Initiative aims to place a greater focus on prevention in the health system by building preventative activities into the primary health care system, and to make it easier for general practitioners and their practices to encourage patients to make healthier lifestyle choices by providing the tools and resources required to do so.
The North East Valley Division of General Practice will be involved in the Lifestyle Prescriptions (or Lifescripts) which has been built on work undertaken on the SNAP lifestyle risk factors. Lifescripts covers those risk factors (Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol and Physical activity) and adds weight management as an additional risk factor. Lifescripts provides a framework for GPs, Practice Nurses and staff in the general practice setting to bring lifestyle risk factors to the fore in their engagement with patients.
The division will assist practices to take up the Lifescripts program through organised practice visits and to provide its general practices with tools and resources to assist patients to make healthier lifestyle choices. For a Lifescripts practice visit Faxback request click here or call Noel on 9496 4333. Allow 20 minutes to 1 hour for the visit. This visit has 2 CPD points/hr.
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Lifescript Resources for GPs and Practices
1. Downloadable Lifescripts resources
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| Waiting room wall chart for 45-49 year olds |
An A3 wall coloured wall chart to alert patients that they may be eligible for a free health check if they have one of the risk factors. Discuss it with their doctor - Nov 06 (pdf) |
| Item 717 - 45 Health Check wall chart |
A double sided A3 colour wall chart on available resources for the 45 year old health check - Nov 06 (pdf) |
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A 40-page manual which provides an overview of the Lifescripts program with pointers to valuable resources and evidence in the 5 areas of Lifescript |
| Lifescripts Assessment Tools (pdf) |
Assessment sheets for each of the 5 areas for patientss to fill out to assist the doctor work out a program |
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A 2-sided flier for patients to achieve a healthier lifestyle and advice to enlist the support of their GP and practice staff |
| Waiting Room Poster (pdf) |
A "You can do it... We can help you" poster for the waiting room |
| Waiting Room Checklist (pdf) |
Patients can fill out this form while waiting and then hand to practice staff or GP for follow up action |
2. Other useful resources
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| RACGP Prevention Questionnaire (pdf) |
A 2 page questionnaire for patients on preventative care, covering not only the 5 areas of the LifeScript area but also immunisation, BP, family history. |
| RACGP Practice Prevention Inventory (pdf) |
A 6 page practice questionnaire (or self audit tool) on the amount of time a practice spends on providing preventative measure for patients. |
| RACGP Red Book - 7th edition (pdf) |
Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice (Updated 2009, 7th Edition) |
| RACGP Green Book 2nd edition - Sept 06 (pdf) |
Putting Prevention into Practice should assist GPs to be more effective in the implementation of preventive care in the practice setting. |
| Active Script in Medical Director (pdf) |
A double-sided cheat sheet explaining the Active Script program and how to use the Physical Activity Module (PAM) in Medical Director. |
3. Useful links
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Australian General Practice Network - a link to the Lifescripts program, advice for healthy living, including translations of Liufescripts resources.
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Department of Health and Ageing - Lifestyle Prescriptions is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, more background information can be found on the Departments website.
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Infoxchange Service Seeker - find health providers (including allied health) in your area. Search by postcode or suburb.
4. Resources available from the North East Valley Division
Presentations
The following paper-based resources are available:
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Waiting room materials
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Checklist, Flyers, Poster
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Assessment guidelines
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Assessment tools
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Prescription pads
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Medical record summary stickers
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Practice manual that includes a CD Rom (includes motivational interviewing component)
Contact Noel or Janina on (03) 9496 4333 to arrange a practice visit and the delivery of resources. For a Lifescripts practice visit Faxback request click here or call Noel on 9496 4333. Allow 20 minutes to 1 hour for the visit (2 CPD points/hr).
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Physical Activity
HeartLine 1300 36 27 87 |
Go For Your Life Info Line - 1300 73 98 99 |
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Getting Australia Active is a comprehensive 203 page update on the state-of-the-art of physical activity. To order copies of this booklet contact 1800 020 103 |
Physical Activity Links
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Get Moving Campaign - a colourful and informative site that encourages physical activity for children
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Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science - Use the search function to find and Exercise Physiologist.
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Kinect Australia (formerly VicFit) - a comprehensive list of courses, resources, conferences and links
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Go For Your Life - a Victorian state government site promoting physical activity and health eating. Also contains guides in non-English languages
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Get Set Go Guide - this is a physical activity directory, an iniative of the Banyule Nillumbik Primary Care Alliance
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Heart Foundation - the Heart Foundation produces a comprehensive range of independent, evidence-based cardiovascular health information.
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Bicycle Victoria - It's time to ride. Over 50? Want to start riding or ride regularly in a supported environment? Check this site.
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Department of Health and Ageing - the Physical Activity and Health web page. This site provides interesting and useful information on physical activity and health associated issues.
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Department of Health and Ageing - the Physical Activity and Health resources and links page provides a comprehensive list of resources, fact sheets and links to other sites.
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BetterHealth Channel - over 50 fact sheets on benefits of physical activity
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SWEAT Aqua - Sutherland Water Exercise & Activities Training (SWEAT) is an aquatic exercise to music program for people of all abilities.
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The British Mental Health Foundation - exists to help people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems. Lots of advice and resources in using physical activity for the prevention and treatment of mild to moderate mental health problems including depression and anxiety.
Smoking
Quitline 13 7848 HeartLine 1300 36 27 87
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The resources here are useful for school projects or general information. |
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To obtain copies of this book contact Quitline 13 7848 |
| Resources in languages other than English |
Maintained by NSW Health |
| Staying stopped |
From QuitWA this 7 page guide provides advice and strategies for recent quitters |
Smoking Links
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Quit - lots of resources and links to help you quit smoking.
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Smoke Free Victoria - covers smoke free issues, answers your questions and invites you to help.
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The Quit Coach - a free interactive site that helps you quit and stay stopped.
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Give up - a site of Glaxo Smith Kline with strategies to quit smoking
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| Alcohol |
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HeartLine 1300 36 27 87 |
DirectLine 1800 888 236 - a 24 hour telephone counselling, information and referral services for drug and alcohol related issues |
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The Right Mix (link) |
Excellent site for both consumers & health professionals. Includes online self-assessment, printable AUDIT drinking assessment & more. (Department of Veterans Affairs) |
| Drink Diary (pdf) |
A patient resource of how to use and interpret a drink diary. Blank diary included (Drug and Alcohol Office, Western Australia). |
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A single page on Alcohol and your Health (Australian Government) |
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A 130 page book on Alcohol and your Health (National Health and Medical Research Council) |
Ordering Publications
Unless specified otherwise, hard copies of NHMRC Publications can be obtained from National Mailing and Marketing at the following address:
National Mailing and Marketing PO Box 7077 Canberra BC ACT 2610 E-mail: nmm@nationalmailing.com.auPhone: (02) 6269 1000
Alcohol Links
Diet and Nutrition HeartLine 1300 36 27 87
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These menu plans from Diet Australia, the CSIRO and Jean Hailes Foundation offer recipe ideas and some shopping lists to help with ideas for low fat healthy eating using a variety of nutritious foods. |
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Information for dietitians, health professionals and consumers from the Dietitians Association of Australia |
Diet and NutritionLinks
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The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) - a user-friendly website that allows health professionals to quickly and easily determine nutritional needs without having to consult complex tables for every nutrient.
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Nutrition Australia - Nutrition Australia is a non-government, non-profit, community based-organisation with offices in all states and territories. Nutrition Australia is an independent body that aims to promote the health and well-being of all Australians.
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Go for 2&5 - fruit and vegetable campaign form the Australian government to promote 2 fruits and five vegies per day. On-line resource order form included.
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If not dieting - This site has been created to provide help and support for people to: - achieve and maintain a healthy, comfortable weight without being deprived of food or losing quality of life and to enjoy food without feeling guilty. Subscription required for all the resources.
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Heart Foundation - Nutrition - The National Heart Foundation of Australia produces an extensiverange of evidence based position papers and guidelines for dietitians and other health professionals working in the area of nutrition and cardiovascular health.
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Better Health Channel - advice for consumers on food facts and lots of healthy recipes
Weight Management HeartLine 1300 36 27 87
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| Overwight and Obesity in Childhood - translating early childhood research evidence to inform policy and practice (Policy Brief No 7). This is a publication produced by the ROYAL CHILDRENS' HOSPITAL (MELBOURNE) Centre for Community Child Health |
This reviews the effectiveness of prevention and intervention strategies to address the childhood obesity epidemic. It highlights the importance of adopting a multi-faceted approach to the management and intervention of obesity to decrease prevalence rates in early childhood (pdf) |
| Combatting childhood obesity, inactivity and improving diet and nutrition |
A single-sided sheet listing various sites for information and reports on childhood obesity with strategies on how to combat this growing epidemic (pdf) |
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The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating is a newly developed national and contemporary food guide for Australia which reflects the multicultural nature of the population and which is relevant for all sectors of the food system to use as a nutrition education and information tool. |
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Working to improve the understanding and management of overweight and obesity in the Australasian region. |
Weight Management Links
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Better Health Channel - fact sheets on weight management for consumers and a comprehensive recipe search
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Nutrition Australia - consumer information including excellent recipes and meal plans
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Healthy Weight Website - consumer-based site from the Australian government with lots of sound advice, tips and suggestions.
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HeartLine - the Heart Foundation has undertaken an extensive process to develop a national Action Plan on obesity and overweight for 2005-2007.
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The Parent's Jury - a web-based network of parents who wish to improve the food and physical activity environments for children in Australia. It is also a forum for parents to voice their views on children’s food and physical activity issues, and to collectively advocate for the improvement of children’s food and physical activity environments.
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NIH Obesity Research - a site for consumers offering health information for the public
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NIH Obesity Research - links to NIH web sites offering health information for health professionals
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The Nillumbik 10,000 Step Program - this is a resource to assist people to start walking with Program Kits available from the Eltham and Diamond Valley Libraries and the Nillumbik Community Health Service. An A3 poster is available for practices to promote the program. For further information on the Program contact Melissa Bennett Nillumbik Community Health Services on 9431 1333 - August 2007 (pdf)
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Physical activity for ther over 50's - a flyer outlining the light exercise program run by Banyule and Nillumbik Primary Care Alliance. Every Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Cost of $5.00 includes refreshments.Further information contact paul on 9490 7111 - May 2007 (pdf).
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Banyule/Nillumbik Referrals and Community Services - a listing of allied health referral services plus the council and community health services and what cost, if any, is involved - August 2006 (pdf)
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Get Set Go Guide - this is a physical activity directory, an iniative of the Banyule Nillumbik Primary Care Alliance
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Better Health Channel - use the Better Health Channel Service Directory to find health professionals in your area
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Social Resource Directory - this online directory helps you find a group most suitable for the needs of your patients
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Infoxchange Service Seeker - find health providers (including allied health) in your area. Search by postcode or suburb
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Find a Dietitian - search for a dietitian in your local area, a database provided by the Dietitians Association of Australia
General Resources and Links
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Patients DO take their GPs advice- Australian Doctor article outlining the survey results in how patients respond to lifestyle advice from their GP and help reduce the burden of chronic disease
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NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service (Multicultural Communication) - provides information and services to assist health professionals to communicate with non English speaking communities. There are over 400 publications on health in a wide range of languages and new publications are added regularly.
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Pace Project- a host of presentations and resources relating to physical activity promotion in the primary care setting
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BetterHealth Channel - a great site for consumers with most aspects of a healthy lifestyle
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