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 …

• Self-management program for Bangladeshi adults living with chronic disease

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  This intervention tested the effectiveness of culturally appropriate self-management training for Bangladeshi adults living with chronic health conditions. To overcome language and cultural barriers lay Bangladeshi tutors led six week self-management sessions covering topics such as symptom management, communication with …

• The Calendar Project

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  Calendars were generated during attendances for early childhood immunisations. They were designed for display in the home and included the due date of the next immunisation, a photo of the child and Aboriginal artwork. Among children who received a calendar …