Lifestyle Management and Heart Health 


Learning Objectives:

•    Review evidence supporting lifestyle management as a key strategy in the optimal management of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD).
•    Recognize the principles and skills to initiate motivational interviewing and the readiness to change framework as successful, synergetic approaches to the management of diabetes and CVD.
•    Review evidence supporting community health workers (CHWs) as key team members in patient-centered care.
•    Illustrate the implementation of motivational interviewing skills in the context of a case study.