Using the SMART-EST Goals in Lifestyle Medicine Prescription
Nicole D. White, Vicki Bautista, Thomas Lenz, Amy Cosimano
Abstract
Lifestyle modifications can effectively decrease chronic disease risk but studies show little to no time during patient encounters is spent on lifestyle medicine counseling. The SMART-EST goal framework facilitates both a rich discussion of lifestyle medicine and a comprehensive patient-centered action plan for health behavior change. The tenets of the SMART-EST goal-setting process are discussed.
Topics & Concepts
Lifestyle medicineMedicineMedical prescriptionAction (physics)Behavior changeGoal settingAction planAlternative medicineHealth behaviorGerontologyFamily medicineNursingPsychologyEcologyBiologyPathologySocial psychologyQuantum mechanicsPhysicsEnvironmental healthObesity and Health PracticesEating Disorders and BehaviorsBehavioral Health and Interventions