Week 7 Study Guide Flashcards
What is the coach’s role in providing support?
Don’t assume, be aware of culture and diversity, advocate for client’s health, support client in overcoming assumptions.
What are the environmental, social and cultural determinants of health?
Genetics, access to healthcare, education and socioeconomics, lifestyle and culture
How can coaches help clients facing social determinants of heath?
Find emotional support, promote self efficacy, check in regarding their involvement of others, explore fears and hesitations.
Examples: use tools to gauge client’s life satisfaction. The Connectedness Scale, The Wheel of Satisfaction.
Provide resources or recommendations.
What is a basic human need and one of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
A sense of love and belonging. Support is a basic human need that affects health, longevity, and sustainable behavior change. Loneliness impacts health.
How can health be affected?
Mental: Depression and anxiety, reduce self care, increase of risky behaviors (smoking and drinking)
Physical: increase of stress, obesity, cardiovascular disease
What is the coach’s role in seeking support?
Help client seek supporting relationships/ resources to help them achieve goals, explore fears and hesitations, empower clients for long term success through support systems, strategize ideas for building more community, help them build wellness action plans, reflect with clients regarding how they can maintain support systems beyond coaching.
What will clients need to do?
Identify forms of social support, learn how support can impact their health, create a visual map and a vision for the future, learn about cultural identity(explore cultural identity and connect it to values, explore expression of culture).
