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AuYoung, MonaLinke, Sarah E.
Pagoto, Sherry L.
Buman, Matthew P.
Craft, Lynette L.
Richardson, Caroline
Hutber, Adrian
Marcus, Bess H.
Estabrooks, Paul
Sheinfeld Gorin, Sherri
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral MedicineDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2016-10-01Keywords
Physical activityPrimary care
Socioecologic model
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Health Communication
Health Psychology
Preventive Medicine
Primary Care
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Based on a collaborative symposium in 2014 hosted by the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), this paper presents a model for physical activity counseling for primary care physicians (PCPs). Most US adults do not meet national recommendations for physical activity levels. Socioecological factors drive differences in physical activity levels by geography, sex, age, and racial/ethnic group. The recent Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act incentivizes PCPs to offer patients physical activity counseling. However, PCPs have reported socioecological barriers to physical activity counseling and also patient barriers to physical activity, spanning from the individual to the environmental (eg, lack of safe spaces for physical activity), policy (eg, reimbursement policies), and organizational (eg, electronic medical record protocols, worksite norms/policies) levels. The aims of this paper are to: 1) discuss barriers to PCP counseling for physical activity; 2) provide evidence-based strategies and techniques to help PCPs address these counseling barriers; and 3) suggest practical steps for PCPs to counsel patients on physical activity using strategies and supports from policy, the primary care team, and other support networks.Source
Am J Med. 2016 Oct;129(10):1022-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.02.008. Epub 2016 Mar 4. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.02.008Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/28919PubMed ID
26953063Related Resources
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10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.02.008