LIFESCRIPTS is an initiative to assist general practice in patient risk factor management. The initiative includes Shared Assessment and Prescription Tools and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Action Plans for GPs to use when providing lifestyle and risk factor management for the following 5 risk factors; - Smoking
- Weight Management
- Alcohol
- Physical inactivity
- Nutrition
Paper-based resources are available for order and include posters, patient brochures and holders, waiting room checklists, assessment and scripts, action plans, interventions and evidence and a practice manual. Shared resources can be ordered using this order form and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resources can use this order form and fax to (02) 6260 2770.
The waiting room materials are designed to get patients thinking about their risk factors before they see their GP. The assessment tools, scripts, interventions and evidence are designed to support the roles of GPs and other practice staff in risk factor management.
A Lifescripts CD is available and contains information on Motivational Interviewing and the 5As-ask, assess, advise, assist, arrange-a behaviour modification tool.
Electronic Resources
Patient, Waiting Room and Practice Resources
| Patient brochure | PDF |
| Waiting Room poster | PDF |
| Waiting Room Patient Checklist | PDF |
| Lifescripts Practice Manual | PDF |
Shared Assessment Tools and Scripts
Lifescripts Smoking Assessment and Script | PDF |
| Lifescripts Nutrition/Weight Management Assessment and Script | PDF |
| Lifescripts Alcohol Assessment and Script | PDF |
| Lifescripts Physical Activity Assessment and Script | PDF |
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| ATSI Action plans and Patient and Practice resources |
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| Patient Brochure | PDF |
| Lifescripts Flipchart | PDF |
| ATSI General Healthy Lifestyle Action Plan | PDF |
ATSI Smoking Action Plan | PDF |
| ATSI Healthy Weight Action Plan | PDF |
| ATSI Alcohol Action Plan | PDF |
| ATSI Physical Activity Action Plan | PDF |
| ATSI Healthy Eating Action Plan | PDF |
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Lifescripts Interventions and Evidence
Smoking interventions and evidence | PDF |
| Nutrition/Weight Management interventions and evidence | PDF |
| Alcohol interventions and evidence | PDF |
| Physical Activity interventions and evidence | PDF |
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Clinical termplates for MD2 and MD3, Best Practice, Genie and Practix and instructions can be accessed from the Department of Health and Ageing/Lifescripts website