Mindset: A New Strategy for Health Behavior Change

Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009

COURSE OVERVIEW:
Does it seem as though your patients know what they need to do to improve their health but still do not do it? Attend this webinar and gain insight into behavior and learn how to help your patients implement positive changes. This course will introduce and describe the technique of Mindset and other strategies that can assist individuals in health behavior change. A Fixed Mindset involves the belief that one's qualities and abilities are set in stone, whereas a Growth Mindset is the belief that one can develop those qualities and abilities. Mindset will be compared with current lifestyle behavior theories and models to provide a "toolkit" of strategies in health behavior change. A case scenario will be presented to demonstrate the use of these strategies, including lifestyle change tools to promote effective patient health behavior change.

FORMAT:
Seminar (web-based presentation) including two 30-minute expert guest speaker presentations followed by a 15-minute question & answer session. (75 minutes)

AUDIENCE:
Nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians/nutritionists, and other healthcare providers.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

• List at least two characteristics of the Fixed and Growth Mindsets, and explain how a Fixed Mindset makes change and maintenance difficult.
• Describe Mindset as a technique to effectively engage individuals in health behavior change.
• Compare and contrast Mindset with other behavior change theories to provide a variety of effective health behavior change strategies.
• Integrate Mindset techniques and other health behavior change tools into clinical practice, to assist individuals in health behavior change and improve health outcomes.

FACULTY:
Carol Dweck, PhD
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Biography

Lola Coke, PhD, APRN-BC, CNS
Rush University College of Nursing
Chicago, IL
Biography

Diane Quagliani RD, MBA
Quagliani Communications, Inc.
Biography

FACULTY DISCLOSURES:
The faculty members have no commercial relationships to disclose.

SPONSOR/ACCREDITOR:
This activity is sponsored by the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) in collaboration with The Beverage Institute for Heath & Wellness (BIHW) of the Coca-Cola Company. PCNA is accredited by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 030602. The BIHW is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) - provider number BF001.

GRANTOR:
This program is being presented by the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) through an educational grant from The Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness of the Coca-Cola Company.