Take charge of your health with Wellness my Way

Eat well, move more, quit smoking, reduce alcohol and boost wellbeing today.

What is Wellness my Way?

Available to South West Queensland, Wellness my Way is a FREE entry point to health and wellbeing support in your community.

By completing a health check, Wellness my Way connects you with a telephone coach who helps you make a personalised plan and link with local programs, services and resources that fit your goals.

Whether you want to eat well, move more, quit smoking, or improve your overall wellbeing, Wellness my Way helps you find what’s available in your community – and gives you the support so you don’t have to do it alone.

The health check can be completed online at any time. If you would prefer to complete the health check over the phone, call 13HEALTH (13 43 25 84) and ask for the Way to Wellness service (Monday – Friday, 8am – 8pm).

How does IT work?

Better health is built one step at a time

By completing the free online health check, you can check in on your current health and wellbeing and receive personalised support through a telephone coach.

The coach supports individuals to develop a tailored health action plan, and to continue their health journey through a recommended program or resources that can be accessed online, via phone or face to face in the community.

Individuals are encouraged to complete the health check online via their phone, tablet device or computer. A telephone-based option is also available by phoning 13HEALTH (13 43 25 84) and asking for the Way to Wellness service (Monday – Friday, 8am – 8pm).

What participants say

“I’m now going [to the pool] 2 days a week. I stopped smoking with help from Quitline. [The telephone coach] was very upbeat and realistic. I didn’t feel judged in any way.”

– Linda, 56 years

“The program has been good for me – it gave me a kickstart to set an attainable goal instead of thinking it was all too hard.”

– Julie, 63 years

“It was a really good chat. it helped me understand a lot about my health. I have been eating right and exercising more. Now it is a priority.”

– Jennifer, 65 years

Who are we?

Wellness my Way is a joint initiative of Health and Wellbeing Queensland, South West Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Health’s Health Contact Centre and The Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation at The University of Queensland. Together, we are co-designing, implementing and evaluating Wellness my Way as a pilot project that delivers an adapted version of the Health Contact Centre’s Way to Wellness health assessment and phone coaching service.

South West Hospital and Health Service will lead stakeholder engagement and implementation within the region to ensure local relevance and sustainability, and community voices will inform implementation through local consultation and a continuous quality improvement approach.

Contact us today

For enquires related to local implementation in South West Queensland, please contact the South West Hospital and Health Service’s HOPE Team at SWHHS-HOPE@health.qld.gov.au.

To discuss the development of Wellness my Way and future opportunities, please contact Health and Wellbeing Queensland at healthimpact@hw.qld.gov.au