Session title | Objectives | Content |
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1. Introduction to OHP model | 1. Define optimal health 2. Consider how our behaviour influences health 3. Self-assessment 4. Introduce Health Plans 1–3 | Considers six domains; mental, emotional, social, occupational, physical and spiritual health. Provide opportunity to explore and understand current self-management behaviour and satisfaction with day-to-day functioning. Personal and family beliefs about diabetes |
2 & 3. “I-Can-Do” Model | 1. Complete own “I-Can-Do” Model, 2. Identify own strengths, vulnerabilities 3. Understand Health Plan 1 | Sessions 2 and 3 introduce ‘I Can Do’ model, which encompasses health plans exploring the participant’s strengths and vulnerabilities, and anticipates effects of crises and developing strategies to overcome these Balancing hope with reality – coping with diabetes complications. Exploring how anxiety affects diabetes and vice versa. |
1. Identify stressors, including those linked to diabetes 2. Explore early warning signs 3. Stress management strategies: Health Plan 2 | ||
4. Medication and lifestyle | 1. Identify +/− aspects of medication, medication monitoring 2. Understand value of metabolic monitoring and healthy lifestyle | Lifestyle and physical health management, impact of healthy diet and exercise. Effective use/self-management of medication, any side-effects. Adjusting to diabetes treatments including medication, insulin delivery methods, diet and lifestyle changes. |
5. Collaborative partners (CP) and strategies | 1. Understand importance of CPs 2. Identify/plan roles of people/supports as CPs 3. Make Health Plan 3 and Eco Map | Develop an ‘Eco Map’ detailing key partnerships and supports in the participant’s network and community (e.g. GP, other healthcare supports, family). Identify gaps in support/care and make plans to overcome any barriers to engaging peer and community support for living with diabetes. |
6. Change enhancement | 1. Understand the Wellbeing Timeline 2. Explore ‘Sub-optimal Health’ and episodes of illness 3. Revisit Health Wheel, meaning of change | Change enhancement by tracking health fluctuations across time and establishing new proactive avenues for change. Revisit Health Wheel: Visioning and Goal setting. Exploring how problem-solving can support diabetes self-management. |
7. Visioning and goal setting | 1. Identify change and its meaning 2. Explore key steps in problem solving and principles of goal setting | Discusses goal setting via creative problem solving and planning in diabetes, guided by own priorities. Also allows reflection of what is useful in any future crises. |
8. Maintaining wellbeing | 1. Understand Health Plans 1–3, Health Journal 2. Introduce/plan booster session | Reviews well-being maintenance and sustainability by acknowledging any progress made towards goal, exploring concept of using rewards to improve progress. |
Booster How is my health now? | 1. Revision, catch up, consolidation of progress 2. Review Health Plans 1–3 3. Celebrate achievements | Review Health Plans 1–3, understand how Health Plans maintain OH. Celebrate achievements, reflect on experience. |