Challenging health professionals to raise the topic of prevention, including alcohol, physical activity, diet and smoking, with their patients.

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Right word. Right time. forms part of a larger ‘Preventive Health System - Supporting prevention across Victorian health services’ initiative.
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Read messages of support for the Right word. Right time initiative by a number of key medical stakeholders and industry leaders.

Right word. Right time

Nine out of 10 deaths in Australia are caused by chronic disease.1  Chronic diseases are largely preventable. 

Without intervention, the burden on the individual and the health care system is expected to worsen.

Every year, nine out of 10 people in Australia see a health professional.2

Health services and health professionals can provide authoritative and credible voices for prevention;3 however this does not occur routinely.

Right word. Right time. challenges health professionals to raise the topic of prevention, including alcohol, physical activity, diet and smoking, with their patients.

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Want to know more about the campaign?  Email prevention@alfred.org.au

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