National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
HealthPOWER! Prevention News Winter 2014 What Theyre Saying About
What They’re Saying About: MOVE!®
"I visited my VA physician recently and my A1c is down to 5.7, which is well within the normal reference range. I’m also down to 227.5 pounds and a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 33, which means the dividends are finally starting to pay off. I am hoping that when I next see my physician, I will be able to ditch my triglyceride medication and maybe my blood pressure medication!
My physician and the MOVE!® and Diabetes Prevention Programs have been able to accomplish what I have not been able to in the last 30-something years: motivate myself, change my attitude, and help me lower my risk of type 2 diabetes. My two main goals have always been to get down to 200 pounds and make my VA health care team look good for all the time and energy they’ve given me. I now believe I can accomplish both. Thanks again!"
—Vietnam-Era Veteran
What They’re Saying About: TEACH Training
"TEACH offers a new insight to long-told principles and techniques…[and] a different perspective on the ways our actions impact not only our patients, but everyone we interact with. The program provides simple changes that we can make to improve the way we practice. After participating in the program…I have seen a difference in the way I communicate with others…especially in the way I listen..."
— Ayeesha Z. Khan, Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacist for Inpatient Psychiatry, Haley Veterans’ Hospital
What They’re Saying About: MOVE!® Telephone Lifestyle Coaching (TLC)
"We have a patient who’s been admitted frequently—he’s an obese man with comorbidities in addition to severe heart disease, and he hasn’t been proactive about his health care. He agreed to a referral to the TLC Program and really benefitted from it. When I saw him again recently, he told me that he felt that the program had helped him control of his weight. We think TLC is a very valuable program."
—Case Manager at the VA Sierra Nevada HCS
