Health Coaching (1) Flashcards
What are the 5 major diseases that contribute to 70% of deaths globally?
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) Stroke Cancer Chronic lung diseases Diabetes
What is Motivational Interviewing (MI)?
Why is it useful in health coaching?
A counselling approach that adopts a person-centred mindset and skillset
The practitioner’s role broadens from expert to enabler
What are the 4 things MI involves?
Compassion: Act from a desire to support the patient’s wellbeing
Acceptance: Take a respectful, non-judgemental approach, and value and affirm the patient’s autonomy
Partnership: Work in partnership with the patient, recognising that the patient is resourceful and an ‘expert’ in their own situation.
Evocation: Help a patient to identify their own perspectives and motivation for change
What are some examples of questions that do not take a health coaching perspective?
Why are these questions not ideal?
What is the problem?
Why has this problem happened?
Why haven’t you addressed the problem yet?
Who else is this affecting?
What will happen if you don’t address this problem?
Assumes the issue is someone’s fault, explores the problem but doesn’t get closer to finding a path forward
May make person feel worse about problem
What are some examples of questions that do take a health coaching perspective?
Why are these questions better?
What’s the issue?
What do you want ideally around this issue?
What part of this do you have control over?
What are your options going forward?
What is your next step?
Assumes there will be a solution and the person can find it for themselves - more empowering
What are some issues with a health coaching / MI perspective?
You assume the patient’s resourcefulness
The relationship must have mutual trust and respect
Coaching is about change and action, but a patient may not want to explore the issue and move forward
