Lifestyle Coaching Service (Ahua Ora)
This mobile service is offered to all Maori and non-Maori (who are socially and economically disadvantaged), aged 18 years and over, residing within the Auckland District Health Board area. This service is specifically available to those high cardiovascular and diabetes risk, and those with established heart disease.
Our service is delivered over a 12 week programme, designed to assist its clients and their whanau/family in making lifestyle changes. Our Lifestyle Coaches, for the duration of the programme, will guide and support the achievement of health and wellbeing goals through the following areas:
• Nutrition
• Physical Activity
• Smoking Cessation
• Stress Management
Additionally, our service also provides a tailored ‘education and activity’ cardiac rehabilitation programme where our clients are encouraged to make lifestyle changes to reduce and minimise the occurrence of further heart failure events, and other risk factors.