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Clinical Wellness Coaching: A Brief Assessment Of The Development, Implementation, And 3-Year Experiences Of Interns In A Graduate Certification Program, Marion W. Evans Jr., Melissa Cox, Melika Forooshani
Clinical Wellness Coaching: A Brief Assessment Of The Development, Implementation, And 3-Year Experiences Of Interns In A Graduate Certification Program, Marion W. Evans Jr., Melissa Cox, Melika Forooshani
Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
Purpose: Mississippi is one of sickest states according to national assessments and ranks 49th for overall health outcomes. In addition, Mississippi is the most overweight and obese state, the least physically active state, and ranks second in adult hypertension. This paper reviews the development and three-year assessment of a novel wellness coaching program developed at one southeastern university in a partnership with a foundation whose primary interest was to see more wellness and lifestyle coaching offered in primary medical clinics in the state. Methodology: A model for training graduate students in wellness coaching was envisioned and interdisciplinary training model …