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Educating NB Allied Health Beyond BMIs

The New Focus:

Overcoming HCP Barriers for Patient Weight Support

This Continuing Educational Resource Site in Overcoming Patient-Provider Weight Barriers is Self Directed and can be submitted to the NBKA for certificate (CLICK HERE TO ATTAIN COMPLETION CERTIFICATE) only once your Personal Learning Tracker is complete (see link highlighted directly below)

Join In the Dialogue with your Peers on the Blog

Possible discussion questions include:

 

How will I reflect on my learning journey?

 

How will I apply the knowledge present in this learning site in my practice?

 

What are some key additional resources?

 

 

Welcome Learners! Prior to Starting This CE - You Must Download Your Course Self-Directed Learning Tracker Here:

This learning resource is intended to help you as a busy health pracitioner learn at your own pace about overcoming NB patient weight management barriers.

 

Site Learning Objectives:

  • To gain a greater awareness of complex weight management issues

  • To enhance awareness of regional healthy weight support

  • To access timely key opinion leader research and perspectives on healthful weights

 



Click HERE for Self Directed Learning on Psychology of Health Behaviours and applications for Weight

 

Learning Objectives: To Enhance Awareness of Psychology of Behaviour Change from Canadian Obesity Expert and Dalhousie Psychologist (Jul 8, 2014)

 

Descriptor: Dr. Michael Vallis from the Behaviour Change Institute and an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University, talks about behaviour change from a psychology perspective. One of three talks from the Health Promotion Clearinghouse AGM 2014 looking at the different perspectives for achieving behaviour change

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Weight News Updates //
 
Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: OBESITY REVIEW May, 2015 
 
Click HERE to learn of obesity trends, consequences and useful resources
 
 

The Canadian Health Measures Survey Results are in on Body Composition and Fitness May 9, 2015

 

Since 2009, the Fitness levels of Canadian adults declined significantly. Click HERE to read article from Health Reports (vol 22).

NB Health Indicators Go Live June 10, 2012

 

63% of adult NBers over age 18 are overweight or obese. Read more about the implications HERE

 

Roadmap for Managing Obesity in Primary Care is Finally Live Jan., 2015

 

Click HERE to increase your awareness of the 5 A's of weight-related motivational interviewing

 

Video //

Watch: Obesity Bias in Medical Field

Anchor 1 - Blog Link
What You Need to Know: A Patient's Perspective on Weight

Broaden your perspective before this scenario happens again in your office.

 

CLICK on the CHANGE image on the right to watch dramatic video (derived from May 2015 CANVAS.net course on "Obesity Bias Awareness" - Dr. Sara Kirk of Dalhousie University). This video highlights patient-provider hidden weight dialogue

 

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