Health eLiteracy for Prevention in General Practice (HeLP-GP)

Health eLiteracy for Prevention in General Practice (HeLP-GP)

The HeLP- GP randomised trial will test a combination of mobile health and telephone coaching provided to overweight and obese patients to assist them to improve their diet, increase the level of physical activity they undertake, and generally improve their health.

The trial is being conducted in general practices in Sydney and Adelaide. Practice nurses will deliver the intervention through a process where individuals are assessed, receive advice and assistance to set behavioural goals, navigate referral to evidence based preventive programs and maintain their behaviour change.

Patients will have access to a Lifestyle app (my snapp) allowing them to record measurements, set and revise diet and physical activity goals, track progress over time, access useful resources and receive SMS tips and appointment reminders. Nurses will also provide assisted referral to the Get Healthy telephone coaching for 10 free sessions with a trained coach.

A practice Quality Improvement (QI) program will run concurrently to support GPs and PNs to work closely with their patients to improve their knowledge and understanding about their health conditions (health literacy).

This study is being carried out by the following researchers and is being funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Ethics approval for this study has been gained from UNSW Human Research Ethics Panel, reference number HC17474.

Role

Name

Organisation

Chief Investigator

Professor Mark Harris

Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, UNSW

Co-Investigator/s

 

Professor Nigel Stocks; Professor Jon Karnon

University of Adelaide

Professor Nicholas Zwar

Bond University

Professor Siaw Teng-Liaw; Associate Professor Jane Lloyd; Ms Sharon Parker; Ms Louise Thomas; Dr Jonathon Lim; Ms Shoko Saito

Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, UNSW

Professor Donald Nutbeam; Professor Elizabeth Denney-Wilson

University of Sydney

Doctor Annie Lau

Macquarie University