Environmental Reevaluation discussion

“Both the article and the TedMed lecture by Dr. Strecher address the questionof
what it is people need in order to be motivated to change, and what kind of help theyneed in order to make important life decisions. The article mentions several processes
of change that people will use in order to move through the different stages of change, according to the Transtheoretical Model. The steps include some rigorous and
difficult cognitive challenges, for example Dramatic Relief, Self Reevaluation, andEnvironmental Reevaluation. These can be very stressful for a person to undergo. Inhis lecture, Dr. Strecher discusses the painful challenge of deciding what to do for his
daughter when she was a baby in need of a heart transplant. This is an example of
something that people experience every day all over the country, and when they facethese challenges the stages in the Transtheoretical Model can help guide themthroughthe process of change. The . Strecher offers can greatly aid the process of behavior
change. When he discussed the issue with his daughter, he recalled the scarce amount
of articles there were that could help him make this health decision. His idea couldrevolutionize the the Transtheoretical Model and the stages of change, and could with the kind of advice, or coaching, so to speak, that will help them and motivate them in difficult and . Considering the idea of coaching in relation to the Transtheoretical Model, it
would seem that the stages of Precontemplation, Contemplation, and Preparation arewhere Strechers tools would fit in best. If people have somewhere to turn to or haveaguide to follow, it may motivate them through those stages and eventually get . Strecher states that being a good coach is figuring out where the
person they are coaching wants to be. He also says that figuring that out involves
figuring out what their behavior is; how they act and what motivates them. In that
sense, his ideas are directly aligned with the Transtheoretical Model and his Digital
Health Coaching tool can facilitate the translation of this theory into practice. Heres alink to a program I found that uses the coaching philosophy to help people manage
their diabetes (http://chcr.umich.edu/project.php?id=933 (Links to an external site.)) since patients do not have 24/7 access to their physician, this iPad app can help
them get the information they need when they need here, and therefore help themdeal
with their condition and progress through the different stages.”