Abstract

BONAL RUIZ, Rolando; ALMENARES CAMPS, Hilda B  and  MARZAN DELIS, Mercedes. Health coaching: a new approach to the empowering of the patient with non - communicable chronic diseases . MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.5, pp.773-785. ISSN 1029-3019.

Health coaching is described as a new tendency in the health promotion and education in the primary health care, aimed at achieving the empowerment and self-control of patients with non-communicable chronic diseases. Restrictions in the education are exposed for the traditional health and the professional's activities in the mentioned level in which to be a coach; examples of coaching techniques are also offered, the scientific evidences of effectiveness are evaluated, and the possibility of intersectors participation to support the behavioral changes and the necessity of training the professionals of the Branch for such aims are evaluated as well.

Keywords : health coaching; non-communicable chronic diseases; health education; health training; primary health care.

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