What is Green Prescription/Rongoā Kākāriki?
Green Prescription provides free support and motivation to improve individual wellbeing/hauora through physical activity and lifestyle support.
Who can access Green Prescription support?
Any medically stable adults who are motivated to increase their physical activity and make some lifestyle changes.
We are particularly keen to support anyone with either newly diagnosed or with long-term health conditions who would benefit from increasing their physical activity levels. For example, people with diabetes, cardiovascular or respiratory conditions, osteoarthritis and/or depression and anxiety.
How do you sign up?
Complete a Green Prescription self-referral form (see below link and button) or ask your doctor, practice nurse or health care professional for a Green Prescription. Otherwise, contact us on (06) 7590930 or 0800 (ACTIVE) 22 84 83
What happens once you get a Green Prescription?
Initial Consultation
Your Advisor will contact you to confirm we have received your referral. They will arrange either a phone conversation or in person meeting to start the support process. They will discuss your circumstances and needs and work with you to come up with an achievable action plan that you are confident with. Support can also be provided online.
Ongoing Support and Review
Your advisor will stay in regular contact by phone, email or text to help keep you motivated and check in on progress with your plan. They will discuss the benefits you may have noticed, your activity levels and possible next steps. Prescription support periods are responsive to need and renewals of prescriptions can be discussed with your advisor. Additional cultural support for Māori is available. If this is of interest please discuss with your advisor.
Green Prescription support in the Community
The Green Prescription team work with community activity providers to advocate for our clients to address some of the barriers we know exist when trying new types of physical activity and establishing new habits. We are grateful to providers who support our programme in many different ways. Watch for the Green Prescription logo in our Activity Directory which identifies providers where support is available or talk with your Advisor about other opportunities.
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