Exercise is Medicine® (EIM) in Nova Scotia, a province in Eastern Canada, was selected to present at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Nova Scotia Health Authority as one of the 20 most innovative approaches to supporting healthy people, healthy communities – for generations. Here, we take a deeper look at the key strategies undertaken by EIM Canada to gain this prestigious distinction.
BACKGROUND
The EIM Nova Scotia provincial initiative was conducted between 2015-2018 with two primary goals:
PROJECT PHASES
KEY FINDINGS
SUCCESSES
CONCLUSIONS
There is an opportunity to engage Nova Scotians in shared accountability for health by integrating physical activity promotion into health management. An investment in strategies to integrate EIM into health care and communities is one of the best evidence-based strategies that can support people to be ‘active for life’ and build a more active, vibrant, and healthy Nova Scotia.
Print this PageExercise is Medicine® (EIM) in Nova Scotia, a province in Eastern Canada, was selected to present at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Nova Scotia Health Authority as one of the 20 most innovative approaches to supporting healthy people, healthy communities – for generations. Here, we take a deeper look at the key strategies undertaken by EIM Canada to gain this prestigious distinction.
BACKGROUND
The EIM Nova Scotia provincial initiative was conducted between 2015-2018 with two primary goals:
PROJECT PHASES
KEY FINDINGS
SUCCESSES
CONCLUSIONS
There is an opportunity to engage Nova Scotians in shared accountability for health by integrating physical activity promotion into health management. An investment in strategies to integrate EIM into health care and communities is one of the best evidence-based strategies that can support people to be ‘active for life’ and build a more active, vibrant, and healthy Nova Scotia.