Complete Lifestyle Medicine Intervention Program-Ontario: Implementation Protocol for a Rural Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sedentary lifestyles, poor nutritional choices, inadequate sleep, risky substance use, limited social connections, and high stress contribute to the growing prevalence of chronic diseases. Lifestyle medicine, emphasizing therapeutic lifestyle changes for prevention and treatment, has demonstrated effectiveness but remains underutilized in clinical settings. The Complete Lifestyle Medicine Intervention Program-Ontario (CLIP-ON) was developed to educate the rural population of Northern Ontario in lifestyle medicine to improve health outcomes and engagement.

Objective

This study evaluates the implementation and effectiveness of the CLIP-ON program for patients with chronic diseases in the Parry Sound area, focusing on lifestyle behaviors, health outcomes, enrollment,

SUBMITTER: Patel K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11733517 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature