Empowered Health Consciousness

Empowered Health Consciousness

  • $479.00


Facilitator Certificate Training

Impact Your Personal Workplace and Community Development

Two-Day Back-to-Back Upcoming Training
November 12 - 13, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 PM CT

NOTE: FOLLOWING PAYMENT YOU WILL BE SENT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTRATION.

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RESEARCH

Research on healthy lifestyle and mental well-being, including during and since COVID-19, suggests that it is important to establish regular routines for uplifting health. Doing so provides a foundation for a positive mood, strengthens well-being, and improves resilience. However, more is required when we get triggered or face challenges to our emotions and stress levels. We need to stay health-conscious.

BACKGROUND

The “Health Activation Training: Empowered Health Consciousness” course emphasizes protective factors (at individual and social levels) that help individuals identify emotional triggers and setbacks, get in touch with internal resources, and prevent unhealthy behaviors such as avoidance and Rx misuse.

This course was originally funded in 2017 by the United States Department of Health (SAMHSA) in response to the growing epidemic of prescription drug misuse in the adult working population and among young adults and aging parents. Its effectiveness has been presented in published research.

What is Health Consciousness (HC)?

HC is a process of increasing awareness of one’s own ability to stay alert and responsible in the face of potential risks to one’s health. HC is a meta-cognitive process where individuals:

  • Have some desire to stay conscious of their own current health;
  • Recognize when their behavior puts them at risk of poor health;
  • Take corrective action by tapping into protective factors or health-raising resources.

WHO IS THIS FOR?

The training is for instructors, facilitators, coaches, and counselors who want to help their clients and teams with tools for long-term well-being and preventing misuse of prescription drugs. It encourages health-conscious alternatives across Six Dimensions of Wellness (physical, emotional, spiritual, occupational, social, and intellectual).

Features

Certificate course participants may use the slide deck, facilitator notes, handouts, case studies, and an engaging Jeopardy-style game provided in the training for their own workshops, training, and client presentations.

Course Syllabus & Objectives

Certificate course participants, as well as the individuals they train, will be able to:

  • Define “health consciousness” (key to preventing at-risk and avoidant behaviors as well as prescription drug misuse).
  • Identify triggers that put individuals at risk and identify healthy alternatives that can diminish these risks.
  • Take steps to implement healthy options and use evidence-informed resources.
  • Use these skills to reduce prescription drug misuse and abuse in their own or client’s work setting or community.

Who’s Attending?

Some of the professionals attending include:

  • Wellness coaches & coordinators
  • Worksite wellness professionals
  • Health educators
  • Human resource & employee benefits professionals
  • Employee assistance professionals
  • Wellness brokers
  • Motivational speakers
  • Teachers/Instructors
  • Anyone wishing to offer training in health consciousness

Materials Included

All participants receive:

  • An electronic copy of the core presentation slide-deck with facilitator notes.
  • All handouts, evaluation forms, and guidelines needed to replicate the training.
  • An Excel spreadsheet for tabulating pre- and post-ratings.
  • Follow-up access to the preview video and all session recordings.
  • An electronic copy of the course Jeopardy-style game.
  • A set of published articles that discuss and assess the training.

LEARN MORE

This page has lots of good information, video and podcast links, and access to our research on health consciousness: