Living Well Alaska An Action Plan to Health Barbara Stillwater PhD, RN DPH Section of Chronic Disease Prevention
Dec 31, 2015
Living Well AlaskaAn Action Plan to Health
Barbara Stillwater PhD, RNDPH Section of Chronic Disease
Prevention
• Define CDSMP• Describe Living Well Alaska• Brainstorm referral gateways
OverviewLiving Well Alaska
An Overview
Living Well AlaskaWhat is CDSMP?
• Chronic Disease Self-Management
• 6-session (2.5 hours) peer-led workshop
• Skills: goal setting, making action plans, reinterpreting symptoms, problem solving, positive thinking, guided imagery, healthy eating, relaxation, pain management, and communication.
Living Well AlaskaWhat is Living Well Alaska?
• CDSMP in Alaska
• Alaska DPH – Section of Chronic Disease Prevention is licensed by Stanford University
• 34 trainings
• 330 leaders trained
Living Well AlaskaLeader Training
• 154 workshops
• 1314 participants
Living Well AlaskaParticipant Workshops
Living Well Alaska Action Plans
1. Pick something you want to do.
2. Make it achievable.
3. Make it action-specific.
4. Answer:• What?
• How much?
• When?
• How often?
5. What is your confidence level? 1-10
Living Well AlaskaDoes CDSMP work?
• Increased: self-efficacy, exercise
• Improved: communications with physicians, self-reported health, cognitive sx management
• Decreased: fatigue, disability, depression, anxiety, pain
• Decreased: hospitalizations, ER visits,
• Partnered with CHC• They collected baseline and follow-up
data for 2 years• 2 groups: 120 patients who took self-
management classes and 100 who did not
OverviewLiving Well Alaska
Project Overview
OverviewLiving Well Alaska
Regression Results – Blood Pressure
(OR =2.959, 95% CI = 1.225 – 7.144).
OverviewLiving Well Alaska
Project Results – Body Mass Index
(X22 = 6.71; p=.04).
OverviewLiving Well Alaska
Project Results – Medicaid Cost Assessment
Living Well Alaska Discussion
How do we increase provider or agency referrals to Living Well Alaska?