Training Culturally Congruent Health Coaches to be Socially-Embedded Support on Physical Activity among Older Asian Americans: Phase One Report

Authors

  • Meriam Caboral-Stevens Center for Health Disparities Innovations and Studies, Eastern Michigan University, USA
  • Dr. Tsu-Yin Wu Center for Health Disparities Innovations and Studies, Eastern Michigan University, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24203/ajhss.v10i1.6885

Keywords:

health coaches, socially-embedded social support, older Asian Americans, physical activity

Abstract

There is a reported heterogeneity in burden with cardiovascular disease (CVD) among Asian Americans subgroups. Physical inactivity is an identified key risk factor for CVD, across age and race/ethnic backgrounds. The latest data showed that 42% of Asian Americans are physically inactive.  Health coaching is a rapidly emerging primary or supplemental intervention to address issues related to preventable chronic illness, including physical inactivity. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to describe Phase One of this project - training of culturally congruent Health Coaches as socially embedded social support to promote physical activity to their older Asian communities. A 3-day training curriculum was developed based on the four pillars of Health Coaching and the Transtheoretical Model of Change. Fifteen Asian Americans Health Coaches were trained using this curriculum. Fifteen health coaches completed the 3-day training. Phase Two of this project is ongoing and results may provide information on the long-term effects of health coaching among older Asian Americans.

Author Biographies

Meriam Caboral-Stevens, Center for Health Disparities Innovations and Studies, Eastern Michigan University, USA

Meriam Caboral-Stevens is an Associate Professor at the School of Nursing and an affiliate faculty at the Center for Health Disparities Innovations and Studies. She is also a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine.  ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5784-797X

Dr. Tsu-Yin Wu, Center for Health Disparities Innovations and Studies, Eastern Michigan University, USA

Tsu-Yin Wu, Ph.D., RN, FAAN is the Director of the Center for Health Disparities Innovations and Studies at Eastern Michigan University. She is a Professor at the School of Nursing at Eastern Michigan University. 

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2022-03-03

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Caboral-Stevens, M., & Wu, T.-Y. (2022). Training Culturally Congruent Health Coaches to be Socially-Embedded Support on Physical Activity among Older Asian Americans: Phase One Report . Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.24203/ajhss.v10i1.6885

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