Health education, healthy lifestyles, disease prevention

"The greatest wealth is health"
Virgil
"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease"
Sivanada
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment"
Jim Rohn
"Set your goals high enough to inspire you and low enough to encourage you"
Unknown
"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens."
Kahlil Gibran
"Don't make excuses, make good"
Elbert Hubbard
"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out"
Robert Collier
"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years"
Abraham Lincoln
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude"
Thomas Jefferson
"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going"
Jim Rohn
"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful"
Joshua J. Marine

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Lifestyle Modification Programs

Reset Your Life

Reset Your Life is a government subsidised lifestyle modification program targeted at those patients who have been identified as being at high risk for developing Type 2 Diabetes. Through a series of group education classes, patients will be provided with the necessary knowledge, skills and support to begin making lifestyle changes to prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 Diabetes.

To be eligible patients must:

be aged between 40 and 49 years (15 - 54 years for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people)
be determined as 'high risk' using the AUSDRISK screening tool
have had a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes excluded
have had a health assessment (items 701, 703, 705, 707 or 715 for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people)

The 6-month course will focus on:

the risks of diabetes and their relationship to lifestyle factors
the importance of regular diabetes screening
nutrition advice and education
physical activity advice
preventing cardiovascular disease
motivation and positive thinking
stress management
behavioural strategies to support the adoption and maintenance of lifestyle changes
smoking cessation and alcohol reduction advice or referral
information about community resources relevant to sustaining lifestyle changes

Current Courses

Course 4 - Hills District Community Hall - 291 Dawson Parade, Arana Hills

Date	Time	Topic
Wednesday 10^th August 2011	6:30pm – 8:30pm	Introduction and what is pre-diabetes?
Wednesday 24^th August 2011	6:30pm – 8:30pm	Physical activity and healthy weight
Wednesday 7^th September 2011	6:30pm – 8:00pm	Introduction to healthy eating
Wednesday 21^st September 2011	6:30pm – 8:00pm	Preventing cardiovascular disease
Wednesday 26^th October 2011	6:30pm – 7:30pm	Staying motivated and positive thinking
Wednesday 16^th November 2011	6:30pm – 7:30pm	Stress management
Wednesday 18^th January 2012	6:30pm – 7:30pm	Follow-up session

What our Patients Have to Say

"Very happy with the program. The program has given me the education and guidance on food intake, nutrition and amounts of food at meals. This program has re-educated me in the art of diet and will stay with me for a long life." (Allan H.)

"I thoroughly recommend this 'Reset Your Life' program to any body looking for a healthier more active life. Emma has been a wealth of knowledge. She has delivered the program in a happy and understanding manner with lots of back up calls to help keep my motivation. Many thanks Emma." (Paul)

"I found the Reset Your Life Program very beneficial. Emma was informative and supporting. Highly recommend this course & Emma." (Andrew M)

"Emma has been a wonderful teacher and very easy to listen to & take in valuable information & fit it into my lifestyle. She has helped me see that even the smallest of changes e.g.walking to train station, are easy to make & she is very encouraging & positive. Thank you for all the support." (Jo Mott)