It is now well established that the leading causes of preventable death in the United States are modifiable health behaviors. It is important that all health care providers actively encourage and support patients to make behavior changes. This webinar will introduce the learner to basic health behavior theories and improve the clinician’s communication skills thereby contributing the patient’s health and wellbeing.

Learning Outcomes
Objective 1 Participants will become familiar with the non-communicable diseases that impact the patient’s morbidity, mortality and disability and identify the most common behavioral theories that can be applied in clinical settings.

Objective 2 Participants will be able to list common barriers to lifestyle change such as patient ambivalence, provider cognitive bias, and peer pressure.

Objective 3 Participants will be able to express and apply the basic communication structure used in MI.