The objectives of the service are to:
- Increase the importance clients attach to making health behaviour change
- Increase the confidence of clients in making health behaviour change
- Signpost clients to, and increase usage of appropriate community activities/services
- Encourage positive changes in health behaviour and lifestyle in terms of smoking, diet, alcohol consumption and physical activity
- Increase the sense of well being in clients following health behaviour changes and after attending the service
- Improve the physiological health of individuals attending the service
- Reduce the number of visits to GPs and/or Practice Nurses by individuals in the target groups who use the service