Heart Health

Yarning Tool

This website supports health professionals to make shared decisions about heart health checks with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It is based on a culturally appropriate model of shared decision making that was codesigned with communities. The short video below explains key features.

It can be used:
● as a training tool for health professionals
● as a conversation guide in consultations
● to print patient summaries about heart health
STEP 1
To learn more about how to use this tool
Learn more
STEP 2
Calculate the risk level of the community member
Risk calculator
STEP 3
Get started
Next
This short video explains how to use the Heart Health Yarning Tool in practice.

How to use this tool

This website supports health professionals to make shared decisions about heart health checks with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, in a culturally appropriate way.

Uses for health professionals: The website can be used as a training tool for health professionals, or as a conversation guide in consultations. There are also printable* patient summaries on each page. The tool provides different information for low, medium and high risk guideline categories, and different stages of the decision making process.

Shared decision making model: The structure is based on the Finding Your Way model of shared decision making, which was codesigned with communities. Shared decision making means taking individual values and preferences into account, along with the evidence, to come to a shared decision. It is part of the national clinical standards.

Heart Health Check guidelines: The tool is designed to support Heart Health Checks based on the guidelines at https://www.cvdcheck.org.au. Once you know the level of risk, you can use this tool to guide decision making about what to do next to reduce the risk of heart disease.

* To print responses to interactive tools using a browser you will need to enable the background graphics option in your print settings. Alternatively, you can print a PDF from each webpage and fill out interactive components on the printed page.