Preventing and Managing Chronic Conditions: Strategies to Engage and Empower Consumers to Actively Participate in Their Health Care!

Effectively engaging consumers in healthy behavior change is critical to both their health and well-being. Healthy behavior modifications and the personal choices people make for themselves have a profound influence on the state of their health. The increasing prevalence of largely preventable chronic conditions and the suboptimal use of health care resources are strongly influenced by the behavioral choices made by consumers. While most people know what they need to do to improve their health, more often than not, they fall short when it comes to taking effective action. This session will discuss the powerful forces that impede the achievement of health care goals.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to

  1. Discuss the barriers that impede the achievement of health care goals
  2. Identify communication and engagement strategies that engage and empower consumers to change their behaviors and become active participants in their health care
  3. State the potential impact on the incidence of chronic conditions when effective consumer engagement is utilized to empower consumers to be active in their health care

Faculty Listing
Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
Professor and Director for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Disclosures of Relevant Financial Relationships
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial SupportSM, OptumHealth Education requires all those involved in the development of activity content to disclose their relevant financial relationships. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if such person (or their spouse/partner) has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the activity content over which the individual has control.
OptumHealth Education ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.

Financial Relationship Key
A-Advisory Board
C-Consultant
E-Employee
G- Grant/Research Support
I-Stocks and Other Ownership Interests
S-Speakers’ Bureau
O-Other Financial or Material Support
N-Nothing to disclose
X-Will disclose onsite
Resolution Key
R1-Restricted to Best Available Evidence
R2-Removed/Altered Financial Relationship
R3-Refrain from Recommending Products or Services
R4-Peer Review of Presentation
R5-Ensure that content is independent of commercial bias
R6-Recommend an alternative speaker for this topic for the planning committee’s consideration
N/A-Not Applicable

 

Last Name

First Name

Disclosure

Resolution

Role

Abecassis

Michael

N

N/A

Planner

Chart-Hart

Sarah

UnitedHealth Group (E) (I)

R5

Planner

Gleason

Rebecca

UnitedHealth Group (E) (I)

R5

Planner

LeMaistre

C. Fred

N

N/A

Planner

Mulligan

David C.

N

N/A

Planner

Roberts

John P.

Gilead (C)

R5

Planner

Rome

Arlene

UnitedHealth Group (E) (I)

R5

Planner

Sendaydiego

Anne M.

N

N/A

Planner

Strecher

Victor J.

N

N/A

Faculty

Method of Participation
There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this activity.
For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board.

Participants will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the activity, which includes the following:

  • Completing the entire activity
  • Completing the Pre- and Post-Activity Assessments, Activity Evaluation, and Application for Certificate of Credit forms

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Method for Calculating CE Credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.

Provided By
This activity is provided by OptumHealth Education.

Commercial Support
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Onyx Pharmaceuticals.

Hardware/Software Requirements
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Target Audience

This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, case managers, and other health care professionals.

Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.75 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 0.75 AMA - Physicians
  • 0.75 ANCC - Nurses
  • 0.75 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 0.75 CCMC - General - Case Managers
Activity opens: 
11/03/2014
Activity expires: 
11/03/2016
Rating: 
0

Available Credit

  • 0.75 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 0.75 AMA - Physicians
  • 0.75 ANCC - Nurses
  • 0.75 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 0.75 CCMC - General - Case Managers
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