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HealthPOWER! Prevention News (Fall 2012) HealthPOWER! Prevention News (Fall 2012)High-resolution print version (PDF)—4.68MB
Table of Contents From the Chief Consultant—Showcasing Our "Credentials"—After recently reviewing the draft content for this HealthPOWER!, I was struck (as I am each quarter) by the breadth and depth of the success that clinicians in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) are achieving in their ongoing transformation of preventive care for Veterans. Read more... FEATURE ARTICLE Cook, Eat, Learn: VA St. Louis HCS MOVE!® Program's Local Collaboration Helps Veterans Change Their Perception of Food— The VA St. Louis HCS is collaborating with a local community partner to help improve Veterans' perceptions of healthy eating—as well as their culinary skills— one 2-hour class at a time. Read more... FALL SHOWCASE ARTICLES Common Vision: Nurturing Change and Pushing the Boundaries of Prevention—Dr. Parag Dalsania uses a graphic of two paths converging to illustrate the new approach to prevention programs that the team is taking at the W.G. Hefner VAMC located in Salisbury, North Carolina. Read more... Foundations for Success: How TEACH, MI, and the HLM CPRS Tools are Enhancing Veteran-Centered Care at the Wainwright VAMC—HPDP Program Manager, Lead Tobacco Cessation Clinician, and Interim HBC Patric Smart says that a "three-legged stool"—TEACH, MI, and the HLM CPRS Tools—is helping improve Veteran-centered care and staff coaching skills at the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VAMC in Walla Walla, Washington. Read more... Getting the Message: Veterans Benefit from Health Choices Tools at the Shoals CBOC in Alabama—R.N. Care Coordinator Jamie Fitzpatrick says that Veterans at the Shoals CBOC in northwestern Alabama typically prefer health information that is computer-based, engaging, and to the point. Read more... VISN HPDP Bright Spot Briefs—The following are examples of bright spots that were reported at NCP's recent National Conference Call/Fiscal Year 2012 Bright Spots Sharing Session in September, and at the VISN HDPD Program Leader Meeting in February/March 2012. Read more... What They're Saying About— Read more... NEWS UPDATES—Read more... STAFF UPDATES—Read more... SUCCESS STORIES VA Sierra Nevada HCS Rolls Out TLC With Impressive Results—HPDP Program Manager Jana Patterson believes that a strategy based on preparation, education, motivation, and persuasion has made TLC a success at the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System (VASNHCS). Read more... MOVE!® Physician Champion Receives State and Local Accolades for Work With Los Angeles Veterans—Veterans at the VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System (GLAHCS) have long benefited from the outstanding clinical care that MOVE!® Physician Champion Dr. Zhaoping Li has provided. Read more... |
