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“A reinstilled hope that they can change”: Facilitator perspectives on a self-care and health promotion peer group program for veterans

INTRODUCTION: This study assessed the relevance, value, and effectiveness of “Taking Charge of My Life and Health” (TCMLH), a patient wellbeing peer group program for U.S. veterans focused on empowering them to identify what really matters in their lives and to work toward health goals that align wi...

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Autores principales: Richard, Bonnie O., Abadi, Melissa H., Drake, Connor D., Rychener, David, Bauer, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9851664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36684905
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.968281
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Abadi, Melissa H.
Drake, Connor D.
Rychener, David
Bauer, Rachel
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description INTRODUCTION: This study assessed the relevance, value, and effectiveness of “Taking Charge of My Life and Health” (TCMLH), a patient wellbeing peer group program for U.S. veterans focused on empowering them to identify what really matters in their lives and to work toward health goals that align with their mission, aspirations, or purpose in life. The potential of TCMLH to empower veterans to engage in self-care behaviors, make health behavior changes, and participate in health care decision making is important, as veterans are more likely than the general population to suffer from multiple chronic conditions that require ongoing self-management. METHODS: We conducted individual semi-structured interviews with 19 TCMLH facilitators serving in eight U.S. Veteran's Health Administration medical centers. Data were analyzed using an inductive approach to identify salient themes in facilitators' experiences. RESULTS: Facilitators reported that TCMLH participants demonstrated positive attitude changes (e.g., greater confidence and hope) and behavior changes (e.g., making healthcare appointments and implementing self-care practices) by program completion. Further, findings show that mindful awareness practices, the peer group setting, Whole Health assessment tools, and goal setting tools were perceived as the most impactful program elements leading to positive health behavior change. CONCLUSION: Overall, findings suggest that this non-clinical peer group program can enhance patient wellbeing, and that there are certain program elements of TCMLH that are driving key attitudinal and behavioral changes.
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spelling pubmed-98516642023-01-20 “A reinstilled hope that they can change”: Facilitator perspectives on a self-care and health promotion peer group program for veterans Richard, Bonnie O. Abadi, Melissa H. Drake, Connor D. Rychener, David Bauer, Rachel Front Public Health Public Health INTRODUCTION: This study assessed the relevance, value, and effectiveness of “Taking Charge of My Life and Health” (TCMLH), a patient wellbeing peer group program for U.S. veterans focused on empowering them to identify what really matters in their lives and to work toward health goals that align with their mission, aspirations, or purpose in life. The potential of TCMLH to empower veterans to engage in self-care behaviors, make health behavior changes, and participate in health care decision making is important, as veterans are more likely than the general population to suffer from multiple chronic conditions that require ongoing self-management. METHODS: We conducted individual semi-structured interviews with 19 TCMLH facilitators serving in eight U.S. Veteran's Health Administration medical centers. Data were analyzed using an inductive approach to identify salient themes in facilitators' experiences. RESULTS: Facilitators reported that TCMLH participants demonstrated positive attitude changes (e.g., greater confidence and hope) and behavior changes (e.g., making healthcare appointments and implementing self-care practices) by program completion. Further, findings show that mindful awareness practices, the peer group setting, Whole Health assessment tools, and goal setting tools were perceived as the most impactful program elements leading to positive health behavior change. CONCLUSION: Overall, findings suggest that this non-clinical peer group program can enhance patient wellbeing, and that there are certain program elements of TCMLH that are driving key attitudinal and behavioral changes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9851664/ /pubmed/36684905 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.968281 Text en Copyright © 2023 Richard, Abadi, Drake, Rychener and Bauer. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Rychener, David
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title_short “A reinstilled hope that they can change”: Facilitator perspectives on a self-care and health promotion peer group program for veterans
title_sort “a reinstilled hope that they can change”: facilitator perspectives on a self-care and health promotion peer group program for veterans
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9851664/
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