NACHC Pediatric Weight Management Webinar (July 2024)
Title: Beyond BMI: Deep-Dive into Counseling and Conversing with Patients on Weight Management
Date/Time: July 10th, Time 2pm EST
Video Platform: Zoom
Participants:
Jessica Wallace, PhD, PA-C - Denver Health
Sarah Price, RN, MSN-ED - NACHC
Jeanne Lindros, AAP
Gloria Montijo, El Rio
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Event Description
Join us for an insightful live virtual event, aligned with HRSA’s Advancing Health Center Excellence Framework. We'll explore the importance of family-centered care in the context of weight management, and how health centers have moved beyond BMI screening to long-term solutions. Our expert panelists from Denver Health, El Rio Health, and the American Academy of Pediatrics will discuss the incredible impact integrated approaches to family healthy weight management programs have had in the health center setting.
The webinar will feature several evidence-based practices for effective counseling and long-term engagement. Panelists will showcase the successful models they've used and highlight ways they've overcome challenges and achieved positive patient outcomes.
Attendees will also learn how these practices align with HRSA’s framework for high-impact patient care. Come with your questions and don’t miss this opportunity to gain access to resources and skills that can improve pediatric weight management outcomes. Register now to secure your spot!
Fireside Chat Outline: Engaging Conversations Around BMI and Weight Assessment
Weight inclusive, non bias, non sigma - opening dialog, don't have all the answers, conversations are hard
We are here to increase awareness, empathy, improved approaches to conversations regarding weight in a non bias, non sigma approach
who you are, experience (where we are coming from), and how we approach these conversations
then pop corn questions
Resources at the end - motivational interviewing, growth ,chart trajectory (individualized)
Introduction (5 minutes)
Host Introduction: Welcome attendees, introduce the topic, and outline the session's goals.
Purpose: Explain that we are here to increase awareness, empathy, improved approaches to conversations regarding weight in a non bias, non sigma approach
Segment 1: Engaging and Open Patient Conversations (15 minutes)
Techniques for initiating open and empathetic conversations about BMI and weight.
Key Points: Building trust, using non-judgmental language, and ensuring patient comfort. Navigating weight bias and stigma: recognizing it in ourselves and others
Strategies for involving families in weight management discussions.
Key Points: The role of family dynamics in weight management, and techniques for family-centered care.
When to NOT start the conversation - timing, context, body language etc. harmful framing, secondary trauma (take care of ourselves - take a moment, breathe)
Q&A Segment:
Questions:
What are the most effective techniques for starting conversations about weight with patients?
How can healthcare providers ensure that these conversations are supportive and non-judgmental?
Segment 2: Understanding Trauma-Sensitive Care and Social Determinates of Health (15 minutes)
Define trauma-sensitive care and its importance in healthcare settings.
Key Points: Overview of trauma-sensitive principles, the impact of trauma on health behaviors, social determinants of health that also inform the patients lifestyle and the need for sensitivity in weight management.
Discuss how trauma can affect patients' experiences with weight assessment.
Key Points: The connection between past trauma and current health challenges/SDOH constraints, and how to recognize signs of trauma in patients and taking care of staff mental health.
Q&A Segment:
Questions:
How does trauma and SDOH relate to BMI and weight assessment? ACES (adverse child experiences)
How can health centers integrate trauma-sensitive care into their BMI and weight assessment practices? What other considerations are necessary?
Segment 3: Case Studies and Best Practices (15 minutes)
Share a case study on successful trauma-informed care in a health center.
Key Points: Overview of the case, interventions used, and outcomes achieved.
Present best practices for engaging patient conversations in weight management.
Key Points: Examples from health centers, practical tips for implementation. How to identify if a patient is being triggered.
Q&A Segment:
Questions:
Can you provide an example of a successful intervention that used trauma-sensitive principles in weight management?
What challenges have health centers faced in implementing these practices, and how were they overcome?
Segment 4: Aligning with HRSA’s Advancing Health Center Excellence Framework (5 minutes)
Align with HRSA’s framework.
Key Points: Quality, Patient Care domain, and improving health outcomes through compassionate care.
Q&A Segment:
Questions:
Does this framework apply and how does it relate, general principles to take with us going forward?
Closing Remarks and words of advice (5 minutes)
Post-Session Engagement:
Follow-Up Resources: Share links to additional reading materials, training opportunities, and support groups.
Feedback Request: Ask attendees to provide feedback on the session for NTTAP deliverable.
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