Program Officer

 

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.

Implementing Lifescripts involves: discussing risk factors with patients; setting lifestyle change goals; providing written lifestyle prescriptions; organising ongoing review of lifestyle risk factors; and referring patients to other services that support healthy lifestyle choices. Lifestyle Prescriptions is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Lifescripts utilises the SNAP framework developed by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

CALD Lifescripts – Culturally and linguistically diverse translated and adapted resources in the six most commonly spoken languages other than English in Australia.

Indigenous Lifescripts – Lifescripts resources that have been adapted for use with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.

Pregnancy Lifescripts  - Pregnancy Lifescripts are now available The aim of the Pregnancy Lifescripts resources is to provide general practitioners with simple, brief evidence - based tools to assist in the provision of structured, consistent lifestyle advice on smoking, alcohol use and nutrition to pregnant women and women contemplating pregnancy.

Pregnancy Lifescripts Assessment and Prescription pad templates and Evidence Card are available to download from AGPN Website and save into Medical Director or you can order hard copy resources from General Practice South.

Lifescripts Case Studies 

To see examples of how Divisions of General Practice are implementing Lifescripts, Australian General Practice (AGPN) has developed a series of case studies that document a range of examples of implementation activities.

The case studies are available in the Lifescripts Resource Library. To open the case studies change the category to 'Case Studies'. 

Lifescripts Software 

Lifescripts software is currently being developed and will be available for distribution to General Practices. But you can download LifeScripts Medical Director Templates at the AGPN Website, (Select Lifescripts Templates). Alternately you can order Hard Copy Resources from General Practice South.

 

Other Resources

Physical Initiatives Data Base - The Premier's Physical Activity Council's website Get Moving Tasmania includes a snapshot of current physical activity in Tasmania. The initiatives have been grouped on the database into settings for parents, schools, adults, communities and workplaces. 

Heart Foundation Guide to management of hypertension 2008 and related resources. 

The Find Thirty campaign is an initiative of the Premier's Physical Activity Council. 

Measure Up – Commonwealth Government Initiative ^{Oct 08}

Motivational Interviewing - Resources for Clinicians. ^{Dec 08.}

Motivational Interviewing - Healthy Habits - Empowering Techniques ^{Dec 08.}

Building solutions for preventing childhood obesity - University of Sydney Prevention Research Centres have developed a series of modules that synthesises recent evidence of the effectiveness of interventions for preventing weight gain and promoting healthy weight among children and adolescents. 

Hot Weather Guidelines and Fact Sheet - Physical Activity - Revised guidelines by Sports Medicine Australia  

Motivational Interviewing Resources – including ‘Stages of Change’ approach – AGPN website/resources library

Professor Adrian Bauman is an internationally respected presenter, teacher, researcher and advocate in the areas of physical activity, nutrition and health promotion. Here are the handout notes from a presentation he gave recently. 

 

RACGP Resources

• Smoking Cessation

  • Smoking Cessation Guidelines – Guidelines for Preventative Activities in General Practice (6th Ed)

  • Smoking Cessation Guidelines for Australian General Practice

• Red Book – Preventative activities over the lifecycle – children and adults

• Green Book – Putting prevention into practice

• Gplearning catalogue – the suite of lifestyle modules is Implementing Lifestyle Change – smoking cessation, physical activity, weight, nutrition and alcohol.

• SNAP framework 

• Health Check 45-49 year old MBS Item #717 – a range of resources to support the uptake of the health check

National/International 

•   Kinect Australia

•  The Heart Foundation

•  International Diabetes Institute

•  Dieticians Association of Aust 

•  National Health and Medical Research Council - Interactive website allows you to quickly and easily determine patients' nutritional needs 

•  National Physical Activity Guidelines

•  NHMRC Dietary Guidelines for Children & Adolescents in Australia  incorporating the Infant Feeding Guidelines for Health Workers

Tasmania Specific

•  The Physical Activity Council

•  Quit Tasmania

•  Diabetes Australia Tasmania

•  Get Moving Tasmania

•  Arthritis Tasmania

•  Asthma Tasmania

•  City to Casino fun run