Healthy Living
The Health Department offers resources and supports to help people living in Durham Region make healthy living choices for them, their families and their community.
Making healthy choices can have a helpful impact in all areas of your life. Whether it's choosing to eat healthy or be physically active, or knowing that local restaurants and other public places are checked to make sure they are safe, the Health Department provides information and services to help residents make choices that can lead to healthier lives.
BETTER HEALTH: Durham Study
The BETTER HEALTH: Durham study aims to change the BETTER intervention from family practices to a community-based strategy. The BETTER intervention includes supportive meetings between a specially trained prevention practitioner nurse and individuals aged 40 to 64. The prevention practitioner nurse will help these people identify goals to reach chronic disease prevention activities (CDPS) in the next six months.
Promotion, recruitment of participants and delivery of the BETTER intervention will change to meet the needs of the residents through community engagement strategies. This study will take place in chosen areas of Durham Region.
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BETTER HEALTH: Durham is a study. In it, a prevention practitioner (public health nurse) meets with eligible participants (aged 40 to 64) to identify goals to reach chronic disease prevention activities (CDPS). The study involves researchers from:
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