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Patricia Brandt
UCONJ 515
Seattle Campus
Practice-focused, evidence-based, theory-driven intervention strategies to promote healing and health behavior at selected points from birth to death. Relevant for clinicians from diverse health settings. Emphasis on clinical skill development including decision-making and outcome management applicable for individuals and families. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Offered: Sp.
Class description
Practice based approaches to health behavior change for individuals & families
Evidenced based literature on several major models of change: Social Cognitive, Health Decision Making/Health Belief, Motivational Interviewing
Develop of a practice oriented plan to integrate a health behavior change for a particular health situation
Student learning goals
Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of select health behavior change approaches
Prepare a practice plan to integrate a health behavior change that is oriented to a 2020 Healthy People objective
Critique the literature on interventions that use a health behavior change approach to be able to justify use in practice
Know what approaches are associated with a particular health behavior model and how to match the model to a particular health situation and patient/family
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
Class assignments and grading
