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Talking with Patients about Getting and Staying Healthy Helping patients to make changes in their lifestyles to improve their health or reduce their health risks is easier when you provide them with thoughtful support. These resources can help you focus your effort and make it more productive.
Facilitating Health Behavior Change Guidelines for adapting the 5 A’s smoking cessation intervention (Assess, Advise, Agree, Assist, Arrange) to help patients develop goals and plans to change other behaviors. Website with programs about motivating change in overweight pediatric patients, patients with chronic conditions, patients with medication adherence issues and patients navigating behavior change. Continuing Medical Education credits available. Guide on counseling for lifestyle changes including tobacco cessation, nutrition, alcohol and physical activity, based on the 5-A’s approach. Form for identifying and recording patient behavior goals, barriers to achieving those goal, and level of conviction. “Prevention prescriptions” for doctors and other providers covering areas that are likely to be highlighted in patients’ health risk assessments, including among others weight management, blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, vaccinations and cancer screenings. Includes suggestions for patient action for each. Weight Management and Nutrition Assessment and Management of Obesity Online primer for providers who wish to help counsel and manage obese patients. The primer is a ten booklet series that provides extensive information on evaluating patients for overweight and obesity, assessing readiness to change, counseling on dietary management, encouraging physical activity, designing systems approaches, and providing resources and tools. Adult Weight Management Clinical Guidelines Guidelines based on the 5 A’s approach for patients and providers. Includes suggested talking points and questions based on Body Mass Index levels. Three Steps for Initiating Weight Discussion With Your Patients Tips on communicating with patients about weight management, assessing their readiness to change, and partnering with them to make changes. Questionnaire, eating and activity logs, and weight loss tips. Physical Activity and Exercise Brochure listing local physical activity resources with focus on resources approprite for children. Consider using this as a guide for developing a similar list of resources for your patients. Physical Activity and Exercise Forms for tracking calendar, help identifying barriers and benefits to physical activity. Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age A list of the most important things women can do to stay healthy and tips for putting them into practice. A list of the most important things men can do to stay healthy and tips for putting them into practice. |
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