Unit 4:  Activation, Engagement, Self-Management

Module Five: Health Coaching & Navigation

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
- Link http://ursa-media-homecare.s3.amazonaws.com/publicfiles/dmfile/CDC%20Defining%20Characteristics.pdf
Self Directed Services; from Medicaid.gov
- Link https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid-chip-program-information/by-topics/delivery-systems/self-directed-services.html

Supporting People to Manage Their Health: An Introduction to Patient Activation; from The King’s Fund
- Link http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/files/kf/field/field_publication_file/supporting-people-manage-health-patient-activation-may14.pdf

Mounting Evidence in Favor of Patient Activation; from Gabriel Perna and Healthcare Blogs
- Link http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/blogs/gabriel-perna/mounting-evidence-favor-patient-activation
What The Evidence Shows About Patient Activation: Better Health Outcomes And Care Experiences; Fewer Data On Costs; from Health Affairs
- Link http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/32/2/207.full
“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>
- Link http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681678/

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