A Win Win Opportunity? A Model Health and Wellness Coaching Program to Support Employee Health and Student Experience.

IF 2.5 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

American Journal of Health Promotion Pub Date : 2025-03-14 DOI:10.1177/08901171251327451

Karen Westervelt, Alyssa Smith, Jeremy Sibold, Sara Falconer, Kyler Huffert, Jurdan Mossburg, Ashley Pelkey, Abigale Whitman, Ashlyn Woods, Gail L Rose

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PurposeThe National Board of Health and Wellness Coaches (NBHWC) requires 50 practice sessions for board exam eligibility, which can be challenging for students. The purpose of this report is to present a supervised practicum model to meet this need while supporting an employee health program.DesignMixed Methods Observational.SettingAcademic.Subjects22 students, 6 faculty, and 50 employees participated in Employee Coaching Connection (ECC).InterventionECC is a 12-week health and wellness coaching program for employees delivered by students.MeasuresSurveys were developed and data collected for students, faculty, and employee participants.ResultsStatistics included descriptive and thematic analyses. On average students conducted 5.6 group, and 14.9 individual coaching sessions. Student confidence providing individual and group coaching increased 17.27% and 22.38% (P < .001) respectively. Faculty mentors were unanimously "very satisfied" with student learning. Seventy percent of employees reported the program as "very beneficial" in helping reach health goals, and 88% would recommend the program to a colleague.ConclusionsThis was an observational study of the ECC program. Future studies are needed to evaluate efficacy and cost effectiveness. Data from this study support HWC curricula as a tool to address the need for student clinical experiences while also supporting employee health.

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双赢机会？支持员工健康和学生体验的健康与保健辅导示范计划》。

目的：国家健康和健康教练委员会（NBHWC）要求50次练习才能获得委员会考试资格，这对学生来说可能具有挑战性。本报告的目的是提出一个监督实习模式，以满足这一需求，同时支持员工健康计划。设计、混合方法、观察、背景、学术。22名学生、6名教师和50名员工参与了员工辅导连接（ECC）。干预ecc是一个为期12周的员工健康和健康指导计划，由学生提供。针对学生、教师和员工参与者开展了调查并收集了数据。结果统计包括描述性和主题性分析。学生平均进行5.6次小组辅导和14.9次个人辅导。个人辅导和团体辅导分别提高了17.27%和22.38% （P < 0.001）。教师导师一致对学生的学习“非常满意”。70%的员工表示，该计划在帮助实现健康目标方面“非常有益”，88%的员工会向同事推荐该计划。结论：这是一项ECC项目的观察性研究。需要进一步的研究来评估疗效和成本效益。本研究的数据支持HWC课程作为解决学生临床经验需求的工具，同时也支持员工健康。

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American Journal of Health Promotion PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

4.40

自引率

3.70%

发文量

184

期刊介绍： The editorial goal of the American Journal of Health Promotion is to provide a forum for exchange among the many disciplines involved in health promotion and an interface between researchers and practitioners.