Kinesiology 3474A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Primary Healthcare, Psychological Intervention

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3474A/B
• Professor: Craig Hall

Document Summary

There is growing recognition that integrating consultants into the realm of exercise and rehabilitation could help to increase adherence to physical activity and rehabilitation programs. Primary health care settings can be ideal for delivering physical activity recommendations and prescriptions because of the potential to reach a large number of individuals. Primary care physicians are often limited by time or by a lack of speci c knowledge required for prescribing physical activity or counseling behaviour change. Physicians usually do not have copious amounts of time to spend with each patient. Physical activity counselors - individuals with specialized knowledge in the areas of physical activity assessment and prescription, theories of health behaviour change and counselling strategies 0 are beginning to be integrated into primary health care settings. Coaches, trainers, and therapists are ideally positioned to deliver psychological interventions because they are the individuals who work with the athletes and exercisers most frequently.