Health Coaching 'Go for your life' Telephone Health Coaching

'Go for your life' telephone health coaching is a free program provided through the 'Go for your life' Infoline that facilitates self management of healthy eating and physical activity behaviors among individuals.

The program provides a referral and support pathway for clients who are:

• in good health but interested in improving and maintaining healthy eating and physical activity behavior.
• at higher risk of developing chronic health conditions and would benefit from improving and maintaining healthy eating and physical activity behaviors.
• managing a chronic health condition where physical activity and healthy eating are crucial components of successful self management of their individual condition.

The program is based on the New Zealand Green Prescription Program model.

What is health coaching?

Health coaching is an evidence-based model for health behavior change. It provides structured guidance for health professionals to help patients to adhere to medical and health recommendations and to make health enhancing lifestyle changes.

Health coaching is typically conducted in the context of health behaviour change for disease prevention and/or chronic condition self management within public and private health services.

Health coaching integrates a diverse range of health behaviour change techniques. It keeps the consultation focus on what patients can actively do to improve their health and promotes patient responsibility for their own health management.

Acknowledgement to Health Coaching Australia for this definition.

• General Practitioners
• Practice Nurses
• Allied Health Practitioners

Potential benefits for the client

Referring your clients to the 'Go for your life' Infoline will assist them to improve their physical activity and healthy eating habits.

Participants in the program to date have reported:

• Reduction in energy consumption
• Decreased food portion sizes
• Increased intake of water
• Decreased alcohol consumption
• Increased energy levels
• Achievement of 150 minutes of physical activity per week
• Reduction in sedentary behaviours
• Engagement in local physical activity groups and programs

How to refer

Contact Kinect Australia, 'Go for your life' Infoline for a fax referral form or for a Program Guide Book on (03) 8320 0105 or 1300 73 98 99. Fax the completed referral form signed by a health professional and the client to Kinect Australia on (03) 8320 0110.

A health coach will contact the client to organise a suitable time for the initial phone call. A follow up call will be scheduled at one, two, four and six months. A report will be sent to the referring practitioner after three phone calls (two months) and five phone calls (six months).

Click here to access the 'Go for your life' Health Coaching Brochure

Click here to access the 'Go for your life' Health Coaching Client Brochure