Joshua Rosenthal, Integrative Nutrition founder and director, interviews Dr. Mehmet Oz, surgeon and TV show host, on the broken health care system and the need for accredited Health Coaches to provide an additional layer to assist patient health and wellness.
See how one Cabarrus County employee took small steps that led to big changes when his employer teamed up with Atrium Health Employer Solutions to improve employee health and lower their healthcare spend.
Most health plans, whether they’re about losing weight, exercising more, or quitting bad habits, aren’t designed to last. This is because they’re based on an incorrect assumption that all you need is willpower and motivation. In truth, we all need a support system to help guide us toward sustainable behavior and lifestyle change. And the reality is that the majority of healthcare actually happens outside of the doctor’s office.
There's no shortage of resources to help people change their health behaviors -- but far too often, these resources aren't accessible in underserved communities, says physician Priscilla Pemu. Enter "culturally congruent coaching," a program Pemu and her team developed to help patients with chronic diseases monitor their health with the assistance of a coach from their community. Learn more about how this approach transcends language and cultural barriers -- and could potentially transform health care in America.
Coach Casey, BS, CSCS, CES, SGX, TSAC-F, OWNER, Atomic Training and Performance, explains in her research she didn’t see anything to help women after a cancer diagnosis. So, she decided to do videos to guide people, she got certified to train women to recover from breast cancer. She also explains she made those videos for helping people. Women who could find these videos on YouTube and received messages has helped them to feel better in their daily living, she states.
Healthy Living after Cancer - A telephone delivered health coaching program - psychosocial outcomes. Presented by Liz Hing, Cancer Council NSW.
What does make us change our actions? Tali Sharot reveals three ingredients to doing what's good for yourself. Dr. Tali Sharot is a neuroscientist at University College London and the director of the Affective Brain Lab. She is a faculty member of the department of Experimental Psychology, a Wellcome Trust Fellow, and currently a visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on how emotion, motivation, and social factors influence our expectations, decisions, and memories.