Nutritional Counseling for Behavior Change Flashcards
Per Dr. Bessesen, what are the key ingredients for weight counseling?
- The patient must see a compelling need to change.
- The patient must feel confident in his ability to change.
- Identify what is motivating the patient to be better and focus on that.
The goal of counseling is to push patients through what stages of change?
Precontemplative Contemplative Planning Action Maintenance Relapse
Describe the health belief model.
This posits that patients need to have the following things occur to make health changes:
- perceive themselves at risk for illness
- identify the problem as serious
- become convinced that treatment is effective and not overly costly
- be exposed to health cues
- have confidence that they can make the necessary change
Good quote from Dean Ornish: “_________________.”
Fear of death is not sustainable. Joy of life is sustainable.
The transtheoretical model helps you _______________.
assess readiness
The health belief model helps you assess ______________.
why the patient believes an issue isn’t important
Values-based counseling helps you ____________.
discover the patient’s priorities
Motivational interviewing helps to ____________.
resolve ambivalence