Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
In April 2007, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to a cost shared package of over $200 million to address the significant growth in type 2 diabetes. Click here for more information.
Brief Interventions
A Brief Intervention is a time-limited (between 5 to 30 minutes) interaction/conversation between a health professional and patient. It can be undertaken to address any behaviour which affects health such as smoking, inadequate nutrition, excessive alcohol consumption, inadequate physical activity, use of other drugs. There are a range of tools (e.g. Lifescripts) and training available to support health professionals to undertake brief interventions to assist patients to address lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease including smoking, poor nutrition, alcohol misuse, physical inactivity and unhealthy weight.
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Further Information please contact Sabriona Ostowari, Program Coordinator – Chronic Disease on sostowari@gpqld.com.au.