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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Learn more
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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:
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- St. Michael's Hospital
- University of Toronto
- Durham Region Health Department
BETTER= Building on Existing Tools To Improve Chronic Disease Prevention and Screening
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Background
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Research shows that many Ontarians do not take part in all the CDPS that could keep them healthy. Previous studies have found that a prevention practitioner can be effective at improving the uptake of CDPS.
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 meeting involves reviewing recommended CDPS. The prevention practitioner nurse will help these people identify goals to reach CDPS activities 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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Funding and study timeline
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Funding has been provided by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute. The study timeline is from February 2017 until December 2020.
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Study contact and resources
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Resources:
For more information, contact Kawsika Siva at 905-668-7711 ext. 3202 or the study Principal Investigator, Dr. Lawrence Paszat, BA MD MS FRCPC at lawrence@ices.on.ca.
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