Supported by recent research, the new programme will be a supplement to the existing programme at each centre, and will comprise four elements designed to enhance and support lifestyle changes introduced in the rehabilitation period: structured goal-planning, motivational interviewing, a self-help booklet and four follow-up telephone calls during the first five months following discharge.
The new programme will represent a supplement to the existing rehabilitation programmes, and all patients will, regardless of being included in the trial or not, receive the programme currently delivered at the different participant institutions when they are admitted.
Some online content was also produced to supplement the programme.
The Conference approved Supplements 1 and 2 to the Programme of Work and Budget (list of sessions and list of publications, etc. for 1981-82).
While this is offered to Gambian pupils from Grade 6 of primary school, inhibition on the part of teachers and students led the government to supplement the formal programme with more interactive peer health education.
However, even though RPS provided iron supplements, the programme had no impact on anaemia, perhaps due to inconsistent delivery, shortages and incomplete doses.
The new programme will represent a supplement to- and an extension of the existing rehabilitation programmes, and all patients will, regardless of being included in the trial or not, receive the programme currently offered at the different participant institutions.
A training manual supplemented the programme and was left with VAC members after completion of the training as reference material to guide their own sessions with the community.
The exercise chart supplements the programme booklet as a quick and convenient reference.
Its primary objective is to supplement the education programmes of Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University by helping disabled children get a good education.
Experimental intervention – Best Practice Usual Care supplemented with an optimised exercise programme Participants randomised to the exercise programme will receive the usual care package plus an additional five sessions with a therapist over a 12 week period.
