This is an archive of the program which took place on September 9, 2009.
Mindset
A New Strategy for Health Behavior Change
Program Overview:
Does it seem as though your patients know what they need to do to improve their health but still do not do it? This program introduces and describes the motivational concept of Mindset developed by Stanford University psychology professor Dr. Carol S. Dweck, one of the world's leading researchers in the field of motivation, to help health professionals gain insight into self-perception’ as a potential barrier to change.
Dr. Lola Coke discusses current lifestyle behavior theories and models to provide a "toolkit" of health behavior change strategies for health professionals to use in helping clients and patients implement positive changes in their health behavior. (Program Length: 1 hour)
Presenters:
Carol S. Dweck, PhD (Speaker)
Dr. Carol S. Dweck , one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation, is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Her research examines the self-conceptions people use to guide their behavior and focuses on why people succeed and how to foster their success. Dr. Dweck has held professorships at Columbia and Harvard Universities, lectured to business, sports, and education groups all over the world, won numerous awards, and been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her work has been prominently featured in such publications as The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and she has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, 20/20, and NPR's Morning Edition. Her recent book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (published by Random House) has been widely acclaimed and is being translated into 17 languages.
Lola Coke, PhD, APRN-BC, CNS, FAHA, FPCNA
Dr. Lola Coke is a Cardiovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist certified in motivational interviewing and an Assistant Professor at Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago. Her research interests include the impact of resistance training on household physical activities and quality of life in women experiencing cardiac events. A 2001 Albert Schweitzer Fellow, she developed a “Healthy Heart” program for underserved African American women and currently serves on the program'’s Advisory Council. In 2006 she received the “Martha Hill New Investigator” Award from the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, American Heart Association for her resistance training research. Dr. Coke works as a physical activity interventionist using telephonic motivational interviewing (MI) on an NIH funded study examining physical activity in caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer's Disease.
Diane Quagliani RD, MBA (Moderator)
Diane Quagliani is owner of Quagliani Communications, Inc., and a former media spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. Quagliani Communications specializes in nutrition communications for consumer and health professional audiences. Diane has authored numerous articles on nutrition hot topics, including articles for leading consumer magazines and newspapers such as Better Homes and Gardens, Weight Watchers Magazine, the LA Times, and the Chicago Tribune, and for professional publications such as the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Nutrition Today, Today's Dietitian and the Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences. Diane coauthored ADA's 2002 position paper on Food and Nutrition Misinformation and served as content advisor for the 2006 update.
