ArticlePreventing chronic disease2013
Training veterans to provide peer support in a weight-management program: MOVE!
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- Protocol for the CHORD project (community health outreach to reduce diabetes): a cluster-randomized community health worker trial to prevent diabetes.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Increasing access to behavioral health care: Examples of task shifting in two U.S. government health care systems.Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare · 2024Article
- A qualitative exploration of the experiences of peer leaders in an intervention to improve diabetes medication adherence in African Americans.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Feasibility and acceptability of a motivational interviewing breastfeeding peer support intervention.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Article
- Self-Management in Epilepsy Care: Untapped Opportunities.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionThe Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has implemented MOVE!, a weight-management program for veterans designed to address the increasing proportion of overweight and obese veterans. The objective of our study was to determine whether peer support employing motivational interviewing (MI) could positively influence lifestyle changes, thus expanding the reach of the MOVE! program. We describe the initial evaluation of the peer training program.
methodsWe developed an MI peer ounselor training program for volunteer veterans, the "Buddies" program, to provide one-on-one telephone support for veterans enrolled in MOVE!. Buddies were recruited at 5 VHA sites and trained to provide peer support for the 6-month MOVE! intervention. We used a DVD to teach MI skills and followed with 2 to 3 booster sessions. We observed training, conducted pre- and posttraining surveys, and debriefed focus groups to assess training feasibility.
resultsFifty-six Buddies were trained. Results indicate positive receipt of the program (89% reported learning about peer counseling and 87% reported learning communication skills). Buddies showed a small improvement in MI self-efficacy on posttraining surveys. We also identified key challenges to learning MI and training implementation.
conclusionsMI training is feasible to implement and acceptable to volunteer Buddies. Trainers must assess how effectively volunteers learn MI skills in order to enhance its effective use in health promotion.
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