What is a Health Coach? Meet the Newest Member of the Healthcare Team!

Ms. Lilly Heath discusses the philosophy of health coaching and the personal or professional reasons dentists may wish to hire or partner with a health coach. Health coaches use the science of habit change to help their clients alter their lifestyle, especially for better managing chronic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, caries, and periodontal disease. Lilly is also a Gallup-Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and helps her clients leverage their strengths to accomplish their health-related goals. She has a special focus on pre-diabetes/type 2 diabetes and in helping healthcare providers manage lifestyle changes. Health coachesare in increasing demand and now used in many large medical organizations such as the Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanent Health Systems. Health coaches can become board certified through the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC), which partners with the National Board of Medical Examiners. Bio and other resources to post: Lilly’s Website & Contact Infohttps://www.lillyheathcoaching.com/[email protected] Resourceshttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/well/live/health-coach-benefits.htmlBrody J. We Could All Use a Health Coach. The New York Times. 2021 June https://nbhwc.org/The National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9378928/Cinar AB, Freeman R, Schou L. A new complementary approach for oral health and diabetes management: health coaching. Int Dent J. 2018 Feb;68(1):54-64. English. doi: 10.1111/idj.12334. Epub 2017 Sep 14. PMID: 28913928; PMCID: PMC9378928. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7509728/Perlman AI, Abu Dabrh AM. Health and Wellness Coaching in Serving the Needs of Today's Patients: A Primer for Healthcare Professionals. Glob Adv Health Med. 2020 Sep 21;9:2164956120959274. doi: 10.1177/2164956120959274. PMID: 33014630; PMCID: PMC7509728.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.