Learning Objectives
In this section, the student will:
- Describe client-directed care
- Define activation
- Define engagement
- Identify strategies to activate, engage, and promote self-management in the client
Resources
- Defining Characteristics of Consumer Directed Care (CDC); from Home Care Today
- Self Directed Services; from Medicaid.gov
- Supporting People to Manage Their Health: An Introduction to Patient Activation; from The King’s Fund
- Mounting Evidence in Favor of Patient Activation; from Gabriel Perna and Healthcare Blogs
- What The Evidence Shows About Patient Activation: Better Health Outcomes And Care Experiences; Fewer Data On Costs; from Health Affairs
- “Personalized Strategies to Activate and Empower Patients in Health Care and Reduce Health Disparities”. (2016) in Health Education & Behavior : The Official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education, 43(1), 25–34. Chen, J., Mullins, C. D., Novak, P., & Thomas, S. B. <http://doi.org/10.1177/1090198115579415>