ENRICH your life

HEALTHY LIFESTYLE RESEARCH PROGRAM

Cancer Council NSW is seeking people who have finished their cancer treatment and/or their carers or partners to participate in a new healthy lifestyle program.

Called ENRICH (exercise and nutrition routine improving cancer health), the program aims to improve lifestyle risk behaviours by providing education and skill development in a series of motivational health coaching sessions and via linking to existing resources to support life-long behaviour changes.

To our knowledge, this is the first Australian program aimed at both cancer survivors and their partners/carers designed to assist participants to make positive and sustainable lifestyle changes.

About the research
The research study is supported by funding provided from the Australian Better Health Initiative: A joint Australian, State and Territory government initiative.

The purpose of the research study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the ENRICH program in assisting people to make healthy lifestyle changes. Evaluation will be undertaken by the Centre for Health Research and Psycho-oncology and the University of Newcastle.

About the program
Programs start from February 2010. Exercise Physiologists and Dietitians co-facilitate each session and provide tailored advice as needed.

You will hear the latest nutritional advice and receive great food shopping tips. You will also learn new ways to improve your fitness and set your own physical activity goals.

Participants are required to attend six face-to-face sessions (of two hours) over the course of eight weeks. As this is a research project, there will be some surveys to be filled out.

If you are interested in finding out more information or registering for the ENRICH Program, call Gabrielle Asprey, Project Coordinator on 02 9334 1772 or use the contact form below.

Registrations into the program are open from end of November 2009 to end of January 2010.

If this is for you then Click here to be involved.