0 Helping Patients Manage Their Chronic Conditions, Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, Kate
MacGregor, MPH, Claire Sharifi, June 2005, Prepared for the California Healthcare
Foundation. http://www.chcf.org/publications/2005/06/helping-patients-manage-their-chronic-conditions
0 Stages of Change
0 Health Coach 4 Me. Interactive health coaching Web site providing people with tools to
help them achieve important health goals.
0 Decision Balance for Changing Behavior. Using the tool to decide to increase exercise.
0 Ask Me 3 Three simple questions patients should know:
1. What is my main problem?
2. What do I need to do?
3. Why is it important for me to do this?
0 Motivating Change Online Programs. Kaiser Permanente Regional Health Education
Online Learning. Included are modules on medication adherence, brief negotiation,
pediatric overweight and chronic conditions including diabetes, hypertension, CHF,
asthma, and others.
0 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Behavioral counseling in primary care to promote
physical activity: recommendations and rational, 2002.
http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/index.html
0 PATH (Personal Action Toward Health) - Michigan PATH is an evidence-based
chronic disease self-management workshop for uninsured/underinsured people
Michigan Partners on the Path are dedicated to helping those with chronic diseases in
Michigan manage those diseases. http://www.mipath.org/
0 Michigan Path Program Locator. Locate diabetes and chronic disease classes by zip
code.
0 Stanford Self-Management Programs - http://patienteducation.stanford.edu/programs/
0 Group Visit Starter Kit. Improving Chronic Illness Care
0 Health Literacy Resources U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Cultural Competency and Health Literacy Resources for Health Care Providers http://www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/
0 Tools and Processes for Self-Assessment. National Center for Cultural Competence.
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development -
Http://nccc.georgetown.edu/foundations/assessment.html
0 Health Literacy Kit, American Medical Association – http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/about-
ama/ama-foundation/our-programs/public-health/health-literacy-program.shtml
0 Health Literacy and Safety: Help Patients Understand, Second Edition, Barry D. Weiss, MD, American Medical Association – http://www.ama-ssn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/367/healthlitclinicians. pdf
0 Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and
Human Services – http://www.health.gov/healthliteracyonline/
0 Healthy Roads Media - http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/
0 Quick Guide to Health Literacy and Older Adults. US Department of Health and Human Services http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/olderadults/literacy.htm