Integrative Health and Wellness Coaches and Patient Self-Efficacy and Empowerment

Professionally trained, master’s level integrative health and wellness coaches partner with patients in their healthcare journey. Integrative health and wellness coaching can significantly increase the wellness of individuals and improve healthy lifestyle behaviors (Altunkurek & Bebis, 2019; National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching, 2020). As this role and field expands, additional research is needed to contribute to the understanding of the integrative health and wellness coach’s role and impact when working with a patient. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore empowerment and the impact of an integrative health and wellness coach on their patient’s development of self-efficacy and how self-efficacy improves health-related decisions. Through a series of interviews with integrative health and wellness coaches, three superordinate themes and two subthemes emerged related to: patients working with integrative health and wellness coaches, self-efficacy, and empowerment. Recommendations and implementation strategies were then discussed with a focus of better incorporating integrative health and wellness coaches into healthcare systems to provide optimal patient care. Keywords: Integrative Health and Wellness Coaching, Integrative Health and Wellness, Empowerment, Self-efficacy, Integrative Healthcare

Grantor dc:publisher

Creighton University

Year dc:date.issued

2022

Author dc:creator

• Onorato, Kathryn

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Fuller, Constance
• Bautista, Vicki

• Empowerment
• Health-Related Decisions
• Integrative Health And Wellness
• Integrative Health And Wellness Coaching
• Integrative Healthcare
• Self-Efficacy

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• Copyright is retained by the Author. A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Repository record dc:identifier.uri

https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/153958

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oai:cdr.creighton.edu:10504/153958