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Living Well Alaska An Action Plan to Health. Barbara Stillwater PhD, RN DPH Section of Chronic Disease Prevention. Living Well Alaska An Overview. Overview. Define CDSMP Describe Living Well Alaska Brainstorm referral gateways. Living Well Alaska What is CDSMP?.
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Living Well AlaskaAn Action Plan to Health Barbara Stillwater PhD, RN DPH Section of Chronic Disease Prevention
Living Well AlaskaAn Overview Overview • Define CDSMP • Describe Living Well Alaska • Brainstorm referral gateways
Living Well AlaskaWhat is CDSMP? • Chronic Disease Self-Management • 6-session (2.5 hours) peer-led workshop • Skills: goal setting, making action plans, reinterpreting symptoms, problem solving, positive thinking, guided imagery, healthy eating, relaxation, pain management, and communication.
Living Well AlaskaWhat is Living Well Alaska? • CDSMP in Alaska • Alaska DPH – Section of Chronic Disease Prevention is licensed by Stanford University
Living Well AlaskaLeader Training • 34 trainings • 330 leaders trained
Living Well AlaskaParticipant Workshops • 154 workshops • 1314 participants
Living Well AlaskaAction Plans • Pick something you want to do. • Make it achievable. • Make it action-specific. • Answer: • What? • How much? • When? • How often? • What is your confidence level? 1-10
Living Well AlaskaDoes CDSMP work? • Increased: self-efficacy, exercise • Improved: communications with physicians, self-reported health, cognitive sx management • Decreased: fatigue, disability, depression, anxiety, pain • Decreased: hospitalizations, ER visits,
Living Well AlaskaProject Overview Overview • Partnered with CHC • They collected baseline and follow-up data for 2 years • 2 groups: 120 patients who took self-management classes and 100 who did not
Living Well AlaskaRegression Results – Blood Pressure Overview (OR =2.959, 95% CI = 1.225 – 7.144).
Living Well AlaskaProject Results – Body Mass Index Overview (X22 = 6.71; p=.04).
Living Well AlaskaProject Results – Medicaid Cost Assessment Overview
Living Well AlaskaDiscussion How do we increase provider or agency referrals to Living Well Alaska?