DESCRIPTION
It is now well established that the leading causes of preventable death in the United States are modifiable health behaviors. It is important that all health care providers actively encourage and support patients to make behavior changes. Despite the evidence that individuals make healthy choices on a daily basis, the incidence of lifestyle diseases indicates they are not successful.
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion “Effective health communication is critical to health and well-being..., .” Healthy People 2030, the nation’s health agenda for the decade encourages health care professionals to focus on improving health communication so that people can easily understand and act on health information. Health care providers who communicate clearly and use methods like teach-back and shared decision-making can help people make informed health-related decisions. These strategies can help improve outcomes, .
This webinar will introduce the learner to basic health behavior theories and an evidence-based communication technique, Motivational Interviewing (MI). Combined, they will improve the clinician’s communication skills and contribute to the patient’s health and wellbeing.
Learning objectives:
1. Participants will become familiar with the non-communicable diseases that impact the patient’s morbidity, mortality and disability and identify the most common behavioral theories that can be applied in clinical and community settings.
2. Participants will be able to list common barriers to lifestyle change such as patient ambivalence and provider cognitive bias and peer pressure.
3. Participants will be able to express and apply the basic communication structure used in MI.
