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

    Categories associated with best practice:

    • Health Equity
    • Best Practices
    • Seniors (ages 65+) icon
    • Health Care Setting
    • Injury Prevention
    • Personal health practices and coping skills
    • Physical Activity
    • Social Support Networks

    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 …

  • Get Fit For Active Living

    Categories associated with best practice:

    • Individual
    • Organization
    • PP-icon1
    • Seniors (ages 65+) icon
    • Canada
    • Education and literacy
    • English
    • Health Care Setting
    • Personal health practices and coping skills
    • Physical Activity
    • Recreation/ Fitness/ Sport Facilities

    Get Fit for Active Living is an eight week education and exercise program designed to introduce older adults to the benefits of exercise and an active lifestyle. The program consists of two aerobic exercise classes, one weight-training class and a …

  • The Triple P – Positive Parenting Program

    Categories associated with best practice:

    • Health Equity
    • wtt_ico
    • Individual
    • Organization
    • Early Childhood (ages 3-5) icon
    • Adult (ages 25-64) icon
    • Community/ Neighbourhood
    • Healthy child development
    • Home
    • Preventing Violence Icon 1

    This intervention is a cultural adaption of the Triple P parenting program for Indigenous people in Queensland Australia. The Triple P program is a prevention based program aimed at teaching parents effective parenting strategies and fostering productive caring relationships between …