Impact of a nutrition education program on health behaviors in a university workplace wellness program.

Background: Obesity is a complex health issue associated with the leading causes of preventable chronic diseases, such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. As part of an interprofessional team, nurse practitioners can play an integral role in leading worksite interventions to enhance health behavior change. Although worksite nutrition interventions have existed for many years, effective weight management programs are needed in the workplace.

A-SMART Lifestyle Behaviors Model for health, wellbeing, and immune system enhancement.

Healthy lifestyle behaviors and an optimally functioning immune system are essential for good health. We present evidence-based lifestyle behavior interventions that enhance immunity and wellbeing, with practical applications using the A-SMART Lifestyle Behaviors Model: Adopting healthy eating, stress management, moving more, alcohol avoidance, rest, and tobacco cessation.

Telehealth Competencies for Nursing Education and Practice: The Four P's of Telehealth.

Background: Telehealth is a rapidly growing health care delivery modality with advanced practice nurses as key providers. This growth has occurred without critical consideration of provider training. Training requires the development of competencies situated within a framework.

Delivery of a community-based nutrition education program for minority adults.

Background And Purpose: Chronic diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity disproportionately affect minority adults, including African Americans. Engaging in lifestyle changes such as improving dietary habits and increasing physical activity can decrease the incidence and severity of these chronic diseases. The purpose of this research study was to explore the impact of a nutrition education program on health behaviors, lifestyle barriers, emotional eating, and body mass index (BMI) in a community-based setting with a minority sample.

Motivators and barriers of a Healthy Lifestyle Scale: development and psychometric characteristics.

Black individuals suffer disproportionately from diseases that are preventable by lifestyle choices. The purpose of this study was to test the internal consistency and construct validity of the newly devised instrument, Motivators and Barriers of a Healthy Lifestyle Scale (MABS). The MABS was administered to 109 community-dwelling, adult Blacks.