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Improving Health:
Changing Behaviour
NHS Health Trainer Handbook
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Improving Health: Changing Behaviour, NHS Health
Trainer Handbook
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British Psychological Society Health Psychology Team:
Susan Michie, Nichola Rumsey, Anna Fussell, Wendy Hardeman,
Marie Johnston, Stanton Newman, Lucy Yardley
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Health Trainers and Health Trainer service providers
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Handbook to support Health Trainers in facilitating behaviour change Cross Ref
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No action
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Contact Details
Rachel Carse
Health Trainer Programme healthtrainers@dh.gsi.gov.uk For Recipient’s Use
Improving Health:
Changing Behaviour
NHS Health Trainer Handbook
Written by the British Psychology Society Division of Health Psychology team:
Susan Michie, Nichola Rumsey,
Anna Fussell, Wendy Hardeman,
Marie Johnston, Stanton Newman and Lucy Yardley
Contents
Sections
Page
Introduction and the role of a Health Trainer
3
How to use this handbook
5
Sample meeting structure
5
Meeting scripts
9
How to assess clients
11
Finding out about your client
12
Encouraging people to change behaviour
14
Health Trainer competences checklist
15
Thinking about changing behaviour
16
Choosing a behaviour to change
16
Health Benefit Cards
17
Health Behaviour Check
19
Deciding to change
24
Balance Sheets (client worksheets)
25
Increasing confidence to change
28
Planning the behaviour change
30
Goal setting
30
SMART goals
31
SMART goals (client worksheet)
32
ABC forms
33
ABC example and blank
Changing Behaviour
NHS Health Trainer Handbook
DH INFORMATION READER BOX
Policy
HR / Workforce
Management
Planning /
Clinical
Estates
Commissioning
IM & T
Finance
Social Care / Partnership Working
Document Purpose
Best Practice Guidance
Gateway Reference
9721
Title
Improving Health: Changing Behaviour, NHS Health
Trainer Handbook
Author
British Psychological Society Health Psychology Team:
Susan Michie, Nichola Rumsey, Anna Fussell, Wendy Hardeman,
Marie Johnston, Stanton Newman, Lucy Yardley
Publication Date
Target Audience
Health Trainers and Health Trainer service providers
Circulation List
Description
Handbook to support Health Trainers in facilitating behaviour change Cross Ref
N/A
Superseded Docs
N/A
Action Required
No action
Timing
N/A
Contact Details
Rachel Carse
Health Trainer Programme healthtrainers@dh.gsi.gov.uk For Recipient’s Use
Improving Health:
Changing Behaviour
NHS Health Trainer Handbook
Written by the British Psychology Society Division of Health Psychology team:
Susan Michie, Nichola Rumsey,
Anna Fussell, Wendy Hardeman,
Marie Johnston, Stanton Newman and Lucy Yardley
Contents
Sections
Page
Introduction and the role of a Health Trainer
3
How to use this handbook
5
Sample meeting structure
5
Meeting scripts
9
How to assess clients
11
Finding out about your client
12
Encouraging people to change behaviour
14
Health Trainer competences checklist
15
Thinking about changing behaviour
16
Choosing a behaviour to change
16
Health Benefit Cards
17
Health Behaviour Check
19
Deciding to change
24
Balance Sheets (client worksheets)
25
Increasing confidence to change
28
Planning the behaviour change
30
Goal setting
30
SMART goals
31
SMART goals (client worksheet)
32
ABC forms
33
ABC example and blank
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