Lifescripts

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resources

Lifescripts resources have been developed specifically for use with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. The resources can be used by Aboriginal health workers, general practitioners and practice nurses within general practice or in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care settings.

The adapted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resources include the following:

• Patient brochure
  
  
• Healthy lifestyle action plan (PDF 273 KB) – one Lifescript covering five risk factors (smoking, alcohol misuse, poor nutrition, physical inactivity and unhealthy weight) which allows the health practitioner to enter individualised goals and support structures and is suitable for use with all patients, including those with low literacy skills
  
  
• Action plans for each risk factor – five Lifescripts based on the original lifestyle prescriptions which contain more detailed advice than the 'healthy lifestyle action plan':
  • Smoking (PDF 359 KB)
  • Alcohol (PDF 1204 KB large file)
  • Healthy eating (PDF 301 KB)
  • Physical activity (PDF 314 KB)
  • Healthy weight (PDF 354 KB)
    
    
• Lifescripts flipchart (PDF 3189 KB large file) – a flipchart for use by health practitioners which incorporates information on all five risk factors, the 5As process and the stages of change concept to guide health practitioners through lifestyle risk factor consultations with patients.

Hard copies of these documents can be ordered from National Mailing and Marketing - see Lifescripts order form.



Page last reviewed: 18 March 2011




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