Toolkit contents

A list of all pages in the Toolkit

Home

• About the Toolkit
• Downloadable resources

Conducting Heart Health Checks

• Templates for assessment and management
• What is a Heart Health Check?
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and the Heart Health Check
• Referral programs

A team approach

• Team roles and responsibilities
• Challenges and solutions

Recalling eligible patients

• Getting your data ready
• Identifying eligible patients
• Receptionist's guide to the Heart Health Check
• Patient invitation templates

Engaging your patients

• What is a heart health check? (animation)
• Know your risk (waiting room poster) (PDF)
• Building blocks of a healthy heart (brochure)
• What is a Heart Health Check? (brochure)
• Heart age calculator (waiting room poster) (PDF)
• Blood pressure (waiting room poster) (PDF)
• Heart age calculator
• Get a heart check (animation) for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples

Quality improvement

• Model for improvement and PDSA cycle
• QI incentives and the Heart Health Check
• Promoting the Heart Health Check in your practice (checklist)
• Building a case for the Heart Health Check

Risk factor management

• Practical guide to pharmacological lipid management
• Lipid modifying medicines comparison table (PDF)
• Blood pressure and heart disease (animation)
• Blood pressure information card (PDF)
• Blood pressure measuring guide and diary (PDF)
• Building blocks of a healthy heart (brochure)
• Lifestyle management
• Cholesterol and heart disease (animation)
• Personal walking plans
• Eating well to protect your heart (information sheet) (PDF)

Toolkit in practice

• Examples from primary care colleagues