What is the telephone health coaching service?

If you are finding it difficult to attend a Life! course, the telephone health coaching service is another way you can take action to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.

A health coach can call you at your home and at a time that suits you. The focus is on what you want to achieve and what you can actively do to improve your health.

This is a great option for people who live in rural areas, work shifts or have other commitments that make it hard to attend a course.

Like the Life! course, the telephone health coaching service is:

• FREE
• run by specially trained health professionals
• tailored to your lifestyle and you
• based on evidence

You are eligible for the telephone health coaching services if you:

• do not have diabetes
• live in Victoria

        and

• have a history of a high risk condition, such as heart disase or diabetes during pregancy

        or

• complete a Diabetes Risk Test and score 12+
  (use the diabetes risk test to find your risk and talk to your doctor)
• are 50+ years of age
  (or 18+ if you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander)