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Article History

Received: 25 November 2022

Accepted: 16 September 2023

First Online: 28 September 2023

Declarations

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: The BETTER WISE Project was approved by the Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Alberta (Pro00067811 and Pro00069064), Health Research Ethics Board of Newfoundland & Labrador (#2017.027, 2017.027B, 2017.027C, 2017.027D, and 2017.284), Markham Stoufville Hospital Research Ethics Board (no file numbers assigned), and Research Ethics Board at St. Michael’s Hospital (#17–050 and 17–248). Verbal informed consent was obtained from all study participants and written informed consent was obtained prior to participants’ first prevention visit via mail or in-person. Further, we obtained written informed consent from all study participants from which quantitative and/or qualitative data will be used in publications. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.

: Not applicable.

: DPM, EG, AL, and CF are Directors of a Canadian not-for-profit organization, The BETTER Institute, which provides training and implementation support to practices, organizations, and communities interested in adopting or adapting the BETTER approach. There are no other competing interests. All remaining authors do not have any competing interest.