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Innovative Wellness Strategies for Health Behavior Transformation

Learn about effective weight loss interventions, engaging strategies, and wellness curricula for health behavior change. Access free manuals for nutrition and exercise. Implement motivational interviewing techniques to develop a culture of wellness.

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Innovative Wellness Strategies for Health Behavior Transformation

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  1. Targeted Strategies for Health Behavior Change PBHCIP 2012 Grantee Meeting Catana Brown PhD, OTR Midwestern University, Glendale AZ

  2. Background • Weight loss interventions • Recovering Energy through Nutrition and Exercise for Weight Loss (RENEW) • National Institute of Mental Health • Nutrition and Exercise for Weight Loss and Recovery (NEW-R) • University of Illinois at Chicago National Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disability and Co-Occurring Medical Conditions • Funding from the U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, under Cooperative Agreement No. H133B100028.

  3. Accessing NEW-R Manuals • Leader and participant manuals are available for free download @ • http://www.cmhsrp.uic.edu/health/weight-wellbeing.asp

  4. General Philosophy/Approach • Not prescriptive • Provide many choices and strategies • Choose what works best for you

  5. Creating a culture of wellness • Provider buy in • Provider training – even those not directly involved • Providers as participants – all in this together • Consumer buy in • Motivational interviewing strategies • Environmental cues/triggers • Removing cues that support unhealthy behaviors • Adding cues that support health behaviors

  6. Engagement/Attendance • Balancing commitment and open access • Big promotion/kick-off • Pragmatic issues (e.g. schedule, transportation) • Support systems

  7. Developing Curricula for individuals or groups • Find out what’s most important/relevant from the people you are serving • Talk to others that have done similar programs • Look to the evidence

  8. Wellness Requires Intention • What is involved in being intentional? • What are the behaviors you are targeting? • What does the plan need to be about?

  9. NEW-R Plan • Each day… • I will wake up at a reasonable time in the morning • I will do something meaningful • I will spend more time moving and less time sitting or watching TV • I will make a plan about what I am going to eat each day • I will eat health foods that I enjoy and avoid unhealthy foods • I will talk to someone that supports my weight loss goals • And if I have a bad day, it’s not a bid deal. I will remind myself of the plan and try to do better the next day.

  10. Making Information Accessible • Education plus activities based instruction • Provide the content knowledge • Engage individuals in activity to apply the knowledge • Individualize knowledge to own life situation • Practice in real world (homework)

  11. Creating hope/self efficacy • Emphasis on small changes • Positive changes • Conveying belief that “you can do it” • Process of change – there is no failure • Success stories • Rewards • Positive feedback • Concrete reinforcement • Tangible rewards for accomplishments

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