Interventions

The Best Practices Section of the Portal is a searchable list of chronic disease prevention and health promotion interventions which provides program planners and public health practitioners with easy and immediate access to successful public health programs, interventions and policies that have been evaluated and have the potential to be adapted and used.

Featured Interventions

• The Functional Fitness for Long-Term Care (FFLTC) Program

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  The Functional Fitness for Long Term Care Program was designed to maintain range of motion, improve strength, balance, flexibility, mobility and function of older adults. It is tailored to meet the needs of both high and low mobility residents. Classes …

• Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT)

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  Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT) is a universal prevention program for school-aged boys and girls and their parents. The program was designed to prevent the developmental of youth antisocial behaviors by positively influencing interactions within highly influential …

• Gwich’in Outdoor Classroom Project

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  Gwich’in Outdoor Classroom project is a culture-based crime prevention program in the communities of Fort McPherson and Aklavik, Northwest Territories. The project is designed for Aboriginal children aged 6 to 12, living in remote northern communities. It was designed to …