Developed and provided by the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, CanHEAL (Cancer Health, Education, Assistance, and Learning) is an educational toolkit intended for anyone interested in learning more about living well with cancer and beyond cancer. It is especially for those with a recent cancer diagnosis, or those who are their caregivers, or health care providers. This is a free … [Read more...]
Self-Care for Sustainability and Advocacy: An experiential workshop
Power point presentation of the Seven Sources of Health Self Care Model: Workshop given at IM4US annual conference on Aug 22 2019 by Drs Fortune and Russo. The 7 Sources of Health (7SOH) is an original evidence-based framework to teach and develop self-care skills and also support community health systems. The seven sources are Life Purpose, Body, Mind, Emotions, Creativity, Community, and … [Read more...]
The People’s Tool – Social Determinants of Health Questionnaire
A Social Determinant's of Health Questionnaire created by People's Community Clinic in Austin, TX to help assess patient's social needs. It is intended to be used by organizations of all types working with underserved clientele, who can add their own logo and choose whether they are targeting clients, patients, or residents. Organizations can connect the domains to various resources that are … [Read more...]
The Pediatric Obesity Group Medical Visit Manual for Empowering Children
This is a step by step guide to starting and sustaining the famous POEM (pediatric obesity empowerment model) group medical visits for children. Learn how to use an Empowerment Model to help children improve their health and lifestyle while reducing stress and loneliness using a group medical visit. This model is best suited for an underserved community with barriers to health and higher levels … [Read more...]
Integrative Group Medical Visits at Community Health Centers
This is an overview of research I did about integrative group medical visits. It is a booklet available in English and Spanish that was developed for patients who participated in the research and can also be used with adminstrators or practitioners to introduce them to the topic. … [Read more...]
East Asian Medicine and Acupuncture
By Caroline Jung East Asian Medicine (EAM) commonly known as TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) is an umbrella term to characterize various healing practices developed in China, Japan and Korea. A majority of EAM is rooted from China. It includes the therapies and practice of acupuncture, herbs, qigong, moxibustion, tui na, cupping and gua sha. Acupuncture Acupuncture is a painless … [Read more...]
Lecture: Approaches to Chronic Pain using Neuroplasticity and Functional Medicine
Slides from a talk at the 2018 conference on chronic pain, using neuroplasticity and functional medicine. … [Read more...]
Integrative Health Coaching
Integrative Health Coaching Priscilla Abercrombie, RN, NP, PhD, NBC-HWC Health Coaching Although there are many different definitions, the goal of health coaching is to partner with clients to assist them in formulating realistic achievable goals that will help them attain better health. Integrative health coaching involves using a holistic definition of health (broadly defined as the 7 core … [Read more...]