Disease Prevention Toolkit

Explore six ways to reduce health risks, with room for neurodivergence, disability, allergy, sensory needs and changing capacity.

Choose one card. The picture opens an NIH article; the labelled button opens tips and ALPIMS adaptations in a pop-up.

Explore the six strategies ↓

You do not need to do everything.

Receiving help, resting and changing an expectation can be useful steps. Start with one manageable change. Prevention reduces risk but cannot prevent every illness. Becoming ill is not a personal failure; access to care and practical support matter too.

Based on the NIH Disease Prevention Toolkit. Images and original checklists are from NIH. Summaries and adaptations below are written for ALPIMS; this page is not an NIH product or endorsement.

NIH toolkit in Spanish → All NIH checklists — PDF →

Planned ALPIMS resources are labelled “Coming soon”. NIH articles, checklists and external references are available now.

Six strategies for preventing disease

References & individual needs

Each pop-up includes topic-specific references. NIH checklists use US guidance; Australian screening, vaccination and tick advice may differ. Use current local advice and an individual care plan.

Australian Government: screening → Australian Immunisation Handbook → Healthdirect: tick bites → NCCIH: probiotics →