Inclusive Practices to Influence Healthy Behaviors
and Address Barriers
and Address Barriers
Course Description
Are you equipped with change-agent strategies to enhance multi-level, multicultural wellness practices for individuals and organizations? During this course, you’ll obtain tools and techniques to enhance inclusive practices when working to address barriers for behavior change, including motivational interviewing, active listening, goal setting, and more. Increase your competence for developing effective practices to engage and cultivate change among multicultural individuals and groups.
Learning Objectives
Following this course, you will be able to:
- Understand cultural adaptation.
- Understand social determinants of health.
- Define health equity.
- Understand elements of change.
- Understand behavior change strategies, models, and theories.
- Describe the spirit of Motivational Interviewing.
- Explain the process of Motivational Interviewing.
- Define active listening.
- Understand the uses of active listening.
- Understand the benefits of goal setting.
- Describe the elements of a S.M.A.R.T. goal.
- Apply skills of goal setting.
- Identify signs of resistance and barriers to change.
Content Developer: Shannon DuPree, DHSc, CWP
Dr. Shannon DuPree is an accomplished leader, public health practitioner, and student affairs administrator with vast experience in health and wellness. In addition, she is a skilled course and programmatic developer with significant experience in assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. A strong advocate for historically marginalized communities, Shannon has expertise in health equity, policy advocacy, and addressing health disparities.
She is an active member of numerous advisory boards and coalitions, including Building Healthy Academic Communities, the American College Health Association, NIRSA, and the American Public Health Association. Shannon has a bachelor's degree in public health education, a master's degree in public administration, and a doctorate in health science. She is a certified health education specialist, mental health first aid instructor, certified wellness practitioner, intercultural development inventory qualified administrator, and certified health and wellness coach.
This course was developed through a collaboration between
the National Wellness Institute and Butler's Division of Professional Studies.
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