Summary - Week 4

Recap

This week you studied how nutrition professionals can utilize specific counseling skills to promote health-related behavior change. You learned about the stages of change, motivational interviewing concepts, and how they apply in counseling patients.

Resources:

Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology 4th Edition

Extended learning:

To learn more about motivational interviewing here is a free toolkit of resources:

Motivational Interviewing Toolkit Links to an external site.

Looking Ahead

Next week we will be learning about Alternative Diets, Cultural Considerations, and Food Allergies. We will have a special focus on diversity and the impact of microaggressions on healthcare in the weekly discussion. See you there!