No gimmicks and no ’gym tricks’. No weigh-ins or fitness-club memberships.
My health for life is a FREE initiative, with qualified Health Coaches who co-design your plan with you to give you the best outcome for your situation. It’s all about making healthier choices and creating healthier habits.
Delivered in six coaching sessions, at a relaxed pace, the initiative is designed to help you discover ways of changing your day-to-day behaviour — that you can live with. In groups or one-to-one, locally, at home or at work, on the phone, online or in culturally adapted sessions, you can take part and reduce your risk of chronic conditions.
With the support of your Health Coach, you will develop an action plan. Whether your goal is to get more active, eat better, feel less stressed, or lose weight, the focus is on building a step-by-step plan to help you achieve your goals over time.
To see if the initiative is right for you:
- Get started by doing our online Health Check
- Call our team on 13 74 75 to complete the
Health Check over the phone - Ask your doctor or other health professional to go through the Health Check with you
YOU DECIDE WHAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU
YOU DECIDE WHAT
WORKS BEST FOR YOU
Group Sessions
Group Health Coaching in face-to-face sessions is available across Queensland —delivered by local health professionals in your community. They offer a positive and supportive environment to share and learn as a group, while working on your own personal health goals.
You will have 6 sessions with your group over 18 weeks. The first session is a one-on-one appointment with your Health Coach, where they will gain an understanding of your needs and goals. Sessions run fortnightly, with 4 weeks between sessions 5 and 6.
TELEPHONE
HEALTH
COACHING
Telephone Health Coaching is a more flexible option, allowing you to participate in the program at a time that works for you.
You will have 6 appointments with your Health Coach over 18 weeks. Sessions 1 to 5 are held fortnightly, with a 4-week break between sessions 5 and 6, when you will put into practice what you’ve learned.
CULTURALLY
TAILORED
PROGRAMS
CULTURALLY TAILORED PROGRAMS
We also offer culturally tailored group programs for:
Our programs for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities (CALD) are delivered by our Healthier Queensland Alliance partner Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland (ECCQ). All CALD sessions are delivered by qualified, bilingual multicultural health workers and are tailored to meet the needs of our participants.
‘ON TRACK’ SELF-PACED LEARNING
On Track is the online offering in the My health for life initiative, designed for those seeking a short, self-paced learning option to maintain their current health and well-being. The online Health Check will determine if this program option is available to you.
EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU’RE HEALTHY
Too many Queenslanders live with high risk factors for chronic disease. Alarmingly, 62% are overweight or obese, 43% don’t get enough physical activity and 36% exceed the guideline for risky drinking.*
The leading cause of death for Queenslanders is heart disease, at 12.8%¹ and 10,000 of us have a stroke each year.² Like the rest of Australia, over 5% of us live with diabetes.³
PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE
Let’s take a few simple steps to change our habits now and look forward to a healthy life in the future. Do yourself a favour and join this free, Government-funded initiative today.
* The Report of the Chief Health Officer, Queensland, ‘Weight’, ‘Alcohol’, ‘Physical Activity’ 2022. ¹ The health of Queenslanders 2020, Qld Health. ² GBD 2016 Lifetime Risk of Stroke Collaborators, Feigin VL et al. Global, Regional, and Country-Specific Lifetime Risks of Stroke, 1990 and 2016. N Engl J Med. 2018. ³ Sainsbury, E. et al. (2020) “The diagnosis and management of diabetes in Australia: Does the ‘Rule of halves’ apply?”, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice.
It has helped me lose a total of 16kg and developed a much more positive and active approach to life in the last 6 months. I would love the broader population take on this challenge and reach out, grow, use the opportunity to maximise their health and discover new ways to grow a healthier community and state.
