Health Promotion

Sustainable Farm Families

Sustainable Farm Families program addresses farmer health, well-being and safety issues by providing health awareness and education workshops. Farmers are responsible for the continuing success of SFF by continually helping to shape the program, therefore ensuring that it remains highly relevant to farm family needs. With support of Department of Primary Industries and Western District Health Service 21 farmers have attended years 1 and 2 of the program and we have been successful in obtaining funding for another 20 farmers in 2010.

Food for Thought

The healthy lifestyle programme takes a different approach to weight loss, incorporating healthy eating, physical activity, stress and attitudes towards food as well as providing ongoing support. 'Food for Thought' challenges the dieting approach and helps people attain a comfortable weight in a supportive environment. It focuses on setting small and achievable goals with the input of a dietician, community health nurse, health promotion officer and fitness instructor.

If Not Dieting

Healthy living program focusing on a different approach to weight loss (for clients wanting an individual approach).

Life!

The Life! Taking Action on Diabetes (Life!) Program aims to prevent Type 2 diabetes. The Life! course helps participants set small, achievable goals to improve their lifestyle and reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes. The program reduces the number of new cases of diabetes by up to 58 percent in course participants. This program runs over 6 months.

Cooking for One

Classes to help clients learn to cook for themselves.

Living with cancer

Provides information and support for clients living with cancer as well as their family and friends.

For information on these any many other programs run by our Healthcare Service please contact Amanda Nash on (03) 55586040.