| PMC full text: | Published online 2013 Aug 20. doi: 10.1186/2045-709X-21-28
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Table 3
Wellness competencies for doctor of Chiropractic Programs*
| Attitudes | |
|---|---|
| • | appreciate role of lifestyle, behavior, psychological factors in health and wellness |
| • | appreciate multidimensionality of wellness |
| • | appreciate and accept active patient participation |
| • | explain and emphasize benefits of health promotion on response to treatment |
| • | appreciate community health and DCs’ role in community health |
| • | recognize and appreciate impact of environment on patient’s well being |
| • | appreciate social determinants of health. |
| Knowledge | |
| • | discuss basic principles and perspectives of health promotion and wellness |
| • | describe concepts of health promotion in the context of chiropractic health care; |
| • | describe components of health promotion for the needs of the patient and the public |
| • | describe the role of the doctor of chiropractic in health promotion |
| • | relate necessity of lifestyle changes to promote patients’ and the public’s health |
| • | identify health promotion and wellness resources for patients and the public |
| • | identify the minimum screening activities for health promotion |
| • | describe factors related to the leading health indicators (physical activity, overweight and obesity, tobacco, substance abuse, sexual behavior, mental health, injury and violence, environmental quality, immunization, and access to health care) |
| • | describe issues related to years of healthy life and health disparities. |
| Behavior | |
| • | communicate effectively with patients about dimensions of health (biological, psychological, social, and spiritual) as part of history taking |
| • | use appropriate techniques to encourage patient participation in his/her health |
| • | implement recommended preventive screening activities |
| • | perform screening and wellness assessments in different age groups |
| • | provide patient counseling for health promotion and assess its outcomes. |